ABSTRACT Civilians, working together, and using non-violence to protect themselves and others from direct violence, challenges widespread assumptions that peace and protection can only be delivered by the military and with the threat of force. Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping (UCP), with 35 years of evidence from projects worldwide, demonstrates that the assumption that an armed actor will not yield to anything except a weapon is false, therefore, challenging the exclusive role of military in peacekeeping. This paper explores (i) by conceptualising UCP as part of peacekeeping new insights into the approaches and mechanisms for preventing violence are revealed, (ii) the transformative capacity of UCP though the relationship with nonviolence theory. Using evidence from the practice of UCP from the organisations involved (including Peace Brigades International and Nonviolent Peaceforce) this paper sets out how we can create different approaches to peacekeeping.

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手无寸铁的平民维和行动的变革性影响

摘要 平民携手合作，使用非暴力保护自己和他人免受直接暴力的侵害，挑战了普遍认为和平与保护只能由军队以武力威胁来实现的假设。手无寸铁的平民维和 (UCP) 拥有来自世界各地项目 35 年的证据，表明武装行动者除了武器之外不会屈服于任何东西的假设是错误的，因此，挑战了军队在维和中的专属作用。本文探讨 (i) 通过将 UCP 概念化为维和行动的一部分，揭示了对预防暴力的方法和机制的新见解，(ii) 通过与非暴力理论的关系，UCP 的变革能力。