Civilians pay the heaviest price during armed conflict.
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Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination in Emergencies: Towards a Predictable Model
The Regional Consultative Group (RCG) on Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination (CMCoord) for Asia and the Pacific is a key forum for supporting and elevating coordination, building relationships, and sharing learning to enhance and strengthen emergency response.
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ACMC delivered Protection of Civilians training in Canberra on 1-2 April 2025 to more than 70 participants from Australian government and civil society, as well as representatives from governments and militaries across the Indo-Pacific.
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Enhancing the protection of civilians in Peace Operations from Policy to Practice - Summary Report
Civil-Military Affairs Conference 2011 Summary Report
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The course built participants’ awareness of core POC principles and frameworks and included sessions focussed on the Laws of Armed Conflict, socially inclusive protection approaches, cultural property protection and the implications of climate change for POC.
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On 23 September 2024, ICRC and ACMC hosted a panel discussion on how to protect civilians at sea during times of conflict.
ACMC Executive Directive Nicola Rosenblum moderated the panel, which included ACMC Deputy Executive Director and former Chief of the Royal New Zealand Navy, Rear Admiral (rtd) David Proctor, ICRC Regional Maritime Legal Adviser Andre Smit and ICRC Regional Delegate to the Armed Forces, Snowy Lintern.
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Enhancing the protection of Civilians - Background paper
A background paper prepared for the Australian Government’s Asia Pacific Civil-Military Centre of Excellence
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Nicola Rosenblum
The position of ACMC Director General is provided by the Department of Defence, but serves a whole of government mandate.
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Australian Guidelines for the Protection of Civilians
A whole-of-government perspective on the Protection of Civilians (POC) in international situations of armed conflict and other situations of violence.