Human rights, Justice, and Accountability

As one of the three pillars of the UN system, human rights plays a pivotal role in the promotion and sustenance of global peace and security. Recent years have witnessed a concerted effort to enhance coordination across various pillars and reinforce the nexus between human rights advocacy and peacebuilding initiatives.

This page explores nuanced research and findings on human rights discourse and the imperatives of justice and accountability on a global scale. Recent publications and collaborative policy endeavors have explored into the evolving landscape of peace operations, scrutinized advancements in conflict prevention strategies both within and beyond the UN framework, and evaluated the resilience of regional mechanisms for conflict prevention.

The work conducted by UNU-CPR in this sphere intersects with several other crucial thematic areas. These include the examination of climate-security dynamics and their dual role in either facilitating or impeding conflict prevention and peacebuilding efforts, the exploration of how integrating youth and women can enrich and broaden peacebuilding endeavors, and the ramifications of non-state armed groups and entities on peace operations.