After a period of decline, violent conflict has been increasing over the last decade. Today’s conflicts are proving increasingly difficult to resolve due to the proliferation of actors and forms of violence – such as criminal, local and unconventional warfare – creating complex systems of confrontation resistant to traditional conflict management techniques. The UN needs a strong understanding of these multi-dimensional conflict systems and also of how its tools for addressing violence can be adapted to these contexts to manage, resolve and – centrally – prevent this violence and conflict.
UNU-CPR aims to help the UN and its partners develop and implement effective, evidence-based policies to prevent violent conflict around the world. Our goal is to combine evidence and analysis to influence policy discussions in New York and other policy centres and – equally or even more importantly – inform prevention and conflict resolution initiatives in the field.
UNU-CPR designs and implements its work in collaboration with the UN Secretariat, other UN system entities, Member States, and a global network of research partners as well as UN missions in the field. It builds its projects jointly with UN agencies and other key research and policy partners, ensuring direct engagement with policy processes at multiple levels. UNU-CPR personnel have been invited to brief the Security Council on multiple occasions – for example, on children in armed conflict, transitional justice, sexual violence and sanctions, and Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration.
UNU-CPR’s work has informed a variety of UN reform efforts and guidance reviews, including the revision of the Integrated Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Standards (IDDRS); Paris Principles Steering Group field handbook on prevention of child recruitment, release and reintegration; and the efforts of the Global Coalition for Reintegration. UNU-CPR personnel have also testified in national parliamentary proceedings, been invited to brief UN inter-agency groups and Resident Coordinators, and appeared in a range of media outlets.
Highlights
Report
UN Peace Operations and Human Rights: A Thematic Study
Brief
Elevating the UN Peacebuilding Commission: Proposals for the Summit of the Future
Report
Conflict Prevention and Resolution in a Multipolar World: Priorities for the G7
Report
Conflict Prevention in the Sahel: Emerging Practice Across the UN
Working Paper
Diversity Among Peacekeepers: Who Is Involved in UN Peace Support Operations and How Does It Matter?
Report
The New Geopolitics of Converging Risks: The UN and Prevention in the Era of AI
Recent Publications
Project
Conflict Prevention in the Era of Climate Change: Adapting the UN to Climate-Security Risks
Commentary
Blog Post
How the UN Can Help Prevent Another Israel-Lebanon War
Media Coverage
What is the Path to Peace in Gaza?
Media Coverage
Climate Financing and Peacebuilding Go Hand in Hand
Blog Post
Breaking Cycles of Violence: Prioritizing Mental Health to Foster Sustainable Peace
Blog Post
Moving From Paper To Practice on UN Security Council Language on Women, Peace, and Security in Conflict-Affected Contexts
Blog Post
The New Agenda for Peace: A Model for the Declaration on Future Generations?
Blog Post
Protecting Civilians in War—Why Men Shouldn't Be Forgotten
Blog Post
Breaking Cycles of Violence: Prioritizing Mental Health to Foster Sustainable Peace
Blog Post
Thematic Review on Climate-Security and Peacebuilding
Media Coverage
South Korea Wants the World to Wake Up to the Serious Threats of Cybersecurity
Media Coverage
Three options for the UN to lead in Gaza
Media Coverage
What is the Path to Peace in Gaza?
Media Coverage
Climate Financing and Peacebuilding Go Hand in Hand
Media Coverage
Climate-vulnerable communities are falling prey to armed groups
Media Coverage
Beyond the UN Security Council: Can the General Assembly Tackle the Climate–Security Challenge?
Media Coverage
UN Peacekeeping Is Hamstrung by National Rules for Its Troops
Media Coverage
Germany's Engagement in Crisis Contexts Lacks an Overarching Vision
Media Coverage
Germany’s Cognitive Dissonance on Security Assistance: A Barrier to Better Protecting Civilians
Media Coverage
Climate Change in the Security Council
PBF Thematic Reviews
Project
Thematic Review on Youth, Peace, and Security
Project
Project: 2024 PBF Thematic Review: Synergies between Human Rights and Peacebuilding in PBF-supported Programming
Project
Project: Thematic Review on Climate-Security and Peacebuilding
AI and Peacebuilding
Report
Predictive Technologies in Conflict Prevention: Practical and Policy Considerations for the Multilateral System
Brief
Artificial Intelligence-Powered Disinformation and Conflict
Climate, Peace, and Security
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Media Coverage
Climate Financing and Peacebuilding Go Hand in Hand
Media Coverage
Beyond the UN Security Council: Can the General Assembly Tackle the Climate–Security Challenge?
Brief
Elevating the Environment in the Multilateral System
Report
Conflict Prevention in the Era of Climate Change: Adapting the UN to Climate-Security Risks
Blog Post
Thematic Review on Climate-Security and Peacebuilding
Projects
Project
Thematic Review on Youth, Peace, and Security
Project
Project: 2024 PBF Thematic Review: Synergies between Human Rights and Peacebuilding in PBF-supported Programming
Project
Improving Multilateral Approaches to Countering Organized Crime in Conflict-Affected States: Mali and the Central African Republic
Project
Project: Thematic Review on Climate-Security and Peacebuilding
Project
Inclusion and Gender Sensitivity for Effective Peace Mediation
Project
Stress Testing the UN’s Regional Prevention Approaches
Event
Peacebuilding and Authoritarianism: The Unintended Consequences of International Engagement in Post-Conflict Settings - Report Launch
News and Events
Event
Event: Understanding Climate-Related Mobility in Contexts of Urbanization
News
New Policy Brief Helps Financial Sector Address Crisis-Driven Modern Slavery Risks
News
Strengthening the G7’s Role in Conflict Prevention and Resolution
News
New Guidelines Provide First Global Policy Framework on Protecting Children on the Move in Face of Climate Change
Conversation Series
Peacebuilding in the Wake of Ukraine and Sudan
Event
Stronger Partnerships, Regional Prevention, and the New Agenda for Peace: A Dialogue Towards the Summit of the Future
Event