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[Event] Regional training on physical security and stockpile management (PSSM) in Jaji, Nigeria

• The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), with technical support from the Multinational Small Arms and Ammunition Group (MSAG) and financial support from the German Federal Foreign Office, and BICC conducted the second training of a multi-phase PSSM course for the ECOWAS region. This course, with 22 participants from military or police forces tasked with weapons and ammunition management from 14 of the 15 ECOWAS member states, took place at the Martin Luther Agwai International Lea...

[Project] Training workshop on the “Protection of Civilians in Peace Operations”

• From 8 to 12 February 2010, a training course entitled: “The Protection of Civilians in Peace Operations” was organized by BICC (Bonn International Center for Conversion) and UNITAR (United Nations Institute for Training and Research). Twenty participants from eleven countries took part in the five-day course, which also dealt with the protection of women and children during peace operations. Assistance for internally displaced persons (IDPs) as well as the responsibility to protect were ot...

[Project] Training workshop on the “Protection of Civilians in Peace Operations”

• From 8 to 12 February 2010, a training course entitled: “The Protection of Civilians in Peace Operations” was organized by BICC (Bonn International Center for Conversion) and UNITAR (United Nations Institute for Training and Research). Twenty participants from eleven countries took part in the five-day course, which also dealt with the protection of women and children during peace operations. Assistance for internally displaced persons (IDPs) as well as the responsibility to protect were ot...

[Project] Training workshop on the “Protection of Civilians in Peace Operations”

• From 8 to 12 February 2010, a training course entitled: “The Protection of Civilians in Peace Operations” was organized by BICC (Bonn International Center for Conversion) and UNITAR (United Nations Institute for Training and Research). Twenty participants from eleven countries took part in the five-day course, which also dealt with the protection of women and children during peace operations. Assistance for internally displaced persons (IDPs) as well as the responsibility to protect were ot...

[Publication] Risky Business

Countries in the Lake Chad Basin region benefit from vigilante groups. The risks associated with vigilante operations are borne by the members of these groups and their communities, even when state security forces formally engage vigilante groups. Such a transfer of risk to the groups not only raises ethical concerns but also increases the risk of rivalry and violence. Based on empirical quantitative and qualitative research conducted as part of a joint project involving the African Union (AU), ...

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[Staff] Marius Bales

• PhD-Researcher
• Marius Bales joined BICC in April 2016. He holds a bachelor in Political Science and German Studies from the University of Trier and a master in Political Science from the University of Bonn. His master's thesis investigated the evolution of modern air warfare in the Gulf region. Marius has been working as a freelance journalist for many years.   Before joining the DFG-funded project on liquid warfare, he worked as a student assistant in the BMZ project on arms export control and was the co...

[Staff] Marius Bales

• PhD-Researcher
• Marius Bales joined BICC in April 2016. He holds a bachelor in Political Science and German Studies from the University of Trier and a master in Political Science from the University of Bonn. His master's thesis investigated the evolution of modern air warfare in the Gulf region. Marius has been working as a freelance journalist for many years.   Before joining the DFG-funded project on liquid warfare, he worked as a student assistant in the BMZ project on arms export control and was the co...

[Staff] Marius Bales

• PhD-Researcher
• Marius Bales joined bicc in April 2016. He holds a bachelor in Political Science and German Studies from the University of Trier and a master in Political Science from the University of Bonn. His master's thesis investigated the evolution of modern air warfare in the Gulf region. Marius has been working as a freelance journalist for many years.   Before joining the DFG-funded project on liquid warfare, he worked as a student assistant in the BMZ project on arms export control and was the co...