Areas of Expertise

The following section introduces to a number of important fields of civilian expertise in peace operations and election observation missions. Each page contains a brief description of the field and a catalogue of typical tasks and functions.

• Democratization/Governance
• Elections
• Human Rights
• Rule of Law
• Civil Administration
• Media Development
• Public Information
• Political Affairs
• Legal Affairs
• Mission Management, Administration and Support
• Infrastructure and Economic Affairs
• Monitoring
• Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR)
• Humanitarian Affairs
• Refugee Affairs
• Reconciliation

updated September 2009