Brazil has accumulated experience in deploying civilian professionals to multilateral missions. These contributions, however, fall short of what the UN requires.

The Igarapé Institute coordinated the first ever seminar on Brazilian civilian capacities for peace support operations in February 2012.

[In English and French] This chapter demonstrates how Brazil has increasingly aligned its foreign policy with a ‘South–South Cooperation’ (SSC) agenda as a means of achieving these parallel objectives.

Random household surveys conducted on a monthly basis between August 2011 and February 2012 indicate that violent crime is increasingly common in Haiti.

This report aims to generate more understanding of what works and what does not when it comes to armed violence reduction and prevention (AVRP), to stimulate further evaluation and to contribute to more effective and efficient policies and programmes.

Report on the seminar ‘Expanding the Civilian Role in Peace Operations: Assessing Progress and Addressing Gaps’, held on 18–19 April 2011 in Rio de Janeiro.

This short report features an array of tried and tested innovations from Brazil that could have applicability for Haiti as it regains its footing after the devastating January 2010 earthquake.