Abstract
Human trafficking, particularly forced labor, poses a significant threat to human security and societal stability. This document explores how the Stability Policing Community of Practice (SPC) can play a crucial role in combating trafficking by engaging consumers as active partners and fostering a comprehensive, multi-level approach that integrates tactical enforcement with strategic prevention and policy development.
Information Integrity, Peace, and Power: How MDH Shapes Conflicts, Governance, and Democratic Resilience
In the shifting landscape of post-conflict stabilization, a new battlefield has emerged, one not defined by territorial control or weapons, but by trust and perception. This article explores the rising threat of MDH (Misinformation, Disinformation, and Hate Speech) in many different contexts and how modern peace operations propose and integrate ethical, and innovative strategies for safeguarding the nature of information as a main part of sustainable peace.
“Support the mandate. Protect the mission. Secure the peace”.
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INTRODUCTION: TERRORISM IN THE HORN OF AFRICA
Mankind was just so impossibly heavy. There were so many of them and they showed no sign of halting their endless reproduction. Stop, she wanted to cry out, please stop. You cannot all fit on the space between the oceans, you cannot grow enough food on the land beneath the mountains. You cannot graze enough livestock on the grasses around your cities, you cannot build enough homes on the peaks of your hills. You must stop, so that I can rest beneath your ever- increasing weight. […] Why could men not just be less greedy, she wondered.
Modern armed conflicts have long manifested themselves without formal initial acts or declarations of war. These steps are difficult to implement in practice, given that conflicts often arise within national sovereignty, within limited local contexts, or following offensive actions by terrorist organizations. Furthermore, an armed conflict can also erupt (theoretically) suddenly, confronting the international community with the event, requiring communication via a concise text message on some popular social network!
A critical discourse on security is more complex than ever and requires a multilevel approach able to integrate all its deeply interconnected dimensions. The seemingly – but distant – notions of political and personal security are expressions of the same security paradigm, in which Stability Police Units (SPUs) and targeted policies play a leading role.
As a result of Russia’s aggression, the responsibilities of Ukrainian Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA) have significantly expanded, including up to combat missions.
After the liberation of occupied territories by the Ukrainian Defence Forces, law enforcers take over, coordinating and cooperating with civilian and military institutions. They gradually restore the Rule of Law, de-escalate tensions, and (re)build trust, fostering a safe and secure environment.