Powles ARCox B2023-07-232014-04-142023-07-232014-04-14Protecting Civilians in an Urban Conflict Lessons Learned from Australia’s Deployment Following the Timor Leste Crisis 2006-2007, 2014, pp. ? - ? (28)http://hdl.handle.net/10179/12181The protection of civilians in urban conflict environments is a dynamic of contemporary peacekeeping operations which has received far less attention than it deserves. Urban zones are fast becoming the new territories of conflict and violence and this, what has been termed, the “new military urbanism”, is recognised within contemporary military doctrine1 as a defining feature of modern warfare and armed conflict. However, inadequate consideration of the implications of urban epicentres of conflict on the protection of civilians has been given in the context of peacekeeping operations. The specific characteristics and dynamics of violence generated by an urban environment create unique challenges for the protection of civilians and have considerable implications for how peacekeepers implement protection of civilian mandates.? - ? (28)The content is released under a Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 Australia (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/) licence. All parts of this paper may be reproduced, stored in retrieval systems, and transmitted by any means without the written permission of the authors.Timor LesteProtection of CiviliansAustralian Defence ForceAustralian Federal Policereport380873Massey_Dark