Bellica Consulting aims to contribute to building awareness of protection and human rights as international normative and practical frameworks in peace & security issues. Bellica strives for a better integration between (uniformed and non-uniformed) protection actors and protection agendas, and the establishment of protection as a guiding notion in international peace & security policy. Bellica Consulting offers consultancy services to international organisations, governments, humanitiarian organisations and think-tanks. Services include research & policy development, writing & editing, training delivery, and evaluations and reviews.
Protection of civilians
The effects of conflict and insecurity on civilian populations and how to create durable, intersectional, change, inclusive of civilian participation and reducing harm.
International law
Law and reality: they are not always the same. How can international law be made applicable in the chaos of armed conflict and the rigourous demands of peacekeeping?
Dead bodies in armed conflict
Which protection does international law offer to those who die as a result of armed conflict? Which recourse exists for their relatives? Who bears the responsibility for protecting their remains?
Gender & safeguarding
Research, reporting and training on the inclusion of gender and safeguarding considerations in substantive programming, going beyond gender parity. What does gender mean in the context of an organisation’s activities?
Peacekeeping & the classics
Concepts of war, peace, protection and intersectional roles of population groups exist since centuries. From Plato to Grotius and beyond. Looking at the thought and custom of previous eras helps to understand the foundations of present-day realities of conflict.