Description
The paper focuses on efforts to influence the behaviour of armed actors aimed at reducing the harm done to civilians. It distinguishes between four different approaches, protection actors typically use: (1) Public criticism – “naming and shaming” armed actors; (2) Mobilizing influencers to impact armed actor behaviour; (3) Supporting communities in influencing armed actor behaviour; and (4) Enhancing armed actor capacity.
The paper explains how each approach is meant to work and identifies clues at each step in the logic model that signal whether the approach is working. By making the underlying logics of these protection approaches explicit, the paper seeks to contribute to efforts to coordinate different protection approaches and to better plan and evaluate protection activities.
