The sixth Zermatt Roundtable on Current Security Issues in the North Pacific Region was held from 11 to 13 September 2017 in Glion/Montreux, Switzerland.
Tobias Vestner, Cluster Leader within the Security and Law Programme at the GCSP, presented and led the discussions on Responsibility to Protect, Protection of Civilians and Cultural Property Protection.
Much of Boko Haram’s ideological underpinnings and goals were inspired by al-Qaeda, and Al-Qaeda provided limited material support for Boko Haram. That said, the groups drifted apart in recent years and are increasingly dissimilar in their tactics and approach.
Women’s representation in mediation remains persistently low despite normative commitments made to increase women’s roles in peace and security.There is a gap between the local peacebuilding work of women mediators and the representation of women in high-level peacemaking.F