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LUNCHTIME SEMINAR

Date: Monday 8th April 2019

Time: 1-2 pm

Location: Seminar Room, Irish Centre for Human Rights.

Dan Sheeran - The challenges of Protection of Civilians in UN Peacekeeping Operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Daniel Sheeran is an LLM graduate from the Human Rights Centre. He currently works for the UN Peacekeeping Mission in DRC (MONUSCO) within the Mission's Joint Operations Centre. Daniel has also worked for the UN in the Central African Republic, Nigeria and most recently in Colombia. He is a former Officer in the Irish Army having served as a peacekeeper in Liberia, Chad and Lebanon.

 Daniel will discuss the challenges of Protection of Civilians in UN Peacekeeping, especially in a time of profound cultural and budgetary change with UN peacekeeping. The focus of his talk will be on the UN Peacekeeping Mission in DRC (MONUSCO).

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