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    • Human Rights
    • Knowledge Management
    • Strategic Communication
    01 June 2026

    Operationalising the Youth, Peace and Security Agenda
    This guidance note by CMC Finland and the German Centre for International Peace Operations (ZiF) presents seconded civilian crisis management personnel with practical ways to engage with and empower youth in the mission field.
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    • Human Rights
    01 January 2026

    Human Security Today: Perspectives from Civilian Crisis Management
    This working paper from CMC Finland documents the history of the concept of human security and analyses research on its implementation in civilian crisis management (CCM) activities, including EU missions. It provides useful feedback from EU policymakers in CCM.
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    • Human Rights
    • Hybrid Threats
    • Strategic Communication
    01 August 2025

    Resilience and Future Literacy for Improved Crisis Management
    This report developed by the Resilience League provides a roadmap of theory and practice for the reintegration of Ukrainian territory following the end of Russian occupation, with a focus on hybrid threats and societal resilience.
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    • Civilian CSDP Missions
    • CSDP Partnerships, Partner Countries and Third States
    • Human Rights
    04 March 2025

    The EU Common Security and Defense Policy: Moving Away From Democracy Support
    This think tank article reflects on the recent evolution of CSDP away from the original goals of peacebuilding and strengthening democratic governance and towards Security Sector Reform (SSR), counterterrorism, and border management. The author endorses restoring priority to democracy support in CSDP.
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    • Civilian CSDP Missions
    • Human Rights
    01 January 2025

    Findings and Recommendations to Strengthen the Implementation of the Youth, Peace and Security Agenda within Civilian Crisis Management
    This policy brief by CMC Finland analyses the results of a survey of Finnish secondees in civilian crisis management missions, mostly in EU Civilian CSDP. The brief finds that the Youth, Peace, and Security (YPS) agenda is not well integrated into mission mandates, and that staffing and knowledge are lacking in this policy area. The author recommends ways to address these issues.
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    • Human Rights
    05 October 2023

    European Union’s Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Due Diligence Policy on Security Sector Support to Third Parties (EU HRDDP)
    This policy details a framework to identify and mitigate risks of violations of human rights and humanitarian law when security sector support is provided to third parties. The policy was required by the Strategic Compass and the Civilian CSDP Compact and defines guiding values and crosscutting principles as focusses of the due diligence process.
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    • Civilian CSDP Compact
    • Human Rights
    • Secondment Policy
    01 April 2023

    The Implementation of civilian CSDP and other EU Security Assistance
    With this resolution, the Parliament is seeking clarification on the role, ambitions, effectiveness and added value of civilian CSDP, which the new Compact should address. It also calls for a new Compact that is capable of delivering on the goals set out in the Strategic Compass. Key demands include the introduction of more robust mandates, improvements to the decision-making process and an increase in financial resources. The Parliament also mentions new issues which should be integrated into civilian CSDP or deserve a renewed focus.
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    • Civilian CSDP Compact
    • CSDP Partnerships, Partner Countries and Third States
    • Human Rights
    • Hybrid Threats
    • Security Strategy
    • Women, Peace and Security
    01 December 2022

    Implementation of the Strategic Compass: Opportunities, Challenges and Timelines
    This report from the European Parliament was published in December 2022 to review the 51 of 81 deliverables of the EU Strategic Compass that were to be implemented by the end of 2022. General findings are that progress had been made on hybrid and cyber threats, defence spending by member states, use of the European Peace Facility, and international partnerships. Progress in the realm of civilian CSDP included development of the Rapid Deployment Capacity and broadening the network of human rights and gender advisors.
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    • Human Rights
    04 October 2022

    Youth Action Plan (YAP) in EU External Action 2022–2027
    The first ever Youth Action Plan provides a political framework and operational roadmap for a strategic partnership with young people in the EU's external action. Its main priority is to ensure youth ownership of EU external action and thus accelerate progress towards sustainable development, equality and peace, in line with international commitments such as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development or the UN Agenda for Youth, Peace and Security.
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    • Assessments
    • Human Rights
    • Leadership and Management
    • Women, Peace and Security
    17 May 2022

    Report on the Follow-up Baseline Study on Integrating Human Rights and Gender Equality into the European Union’s Common Security and Defence Policy
    This report assesses the progress made five years after the first ever baseline study on integrating human rights and gender equality into the European Union’s CSDP. Its purpose is to provide data to inform missions' and operations’ planning and review processes.
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