How to Protest Safely: What to Bring, What to Do, and What to Avoid

How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance

Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.

How to Protect Yourself during Protests

Demonstrators face tear gas, flash bangs, coronavirus and surveillance

How to secure your phone before attending a protest

Here are some privacy measures you can take

Immigrants’ Participation in Protests

This resource provides information so that immigrants can know their rights, understand the risks of protests, and feel empowered to participate.

Going Out to a Protest? Here’s How Not to Get Arrested.

Lawyer Isabella Salomão Nascimento on knowing your rights — and getting the cops to respect them.

L.A. TACO's Protest Survival Guide ~ L.A. TACO

Here is a guide of protest essentials for new and seasoned protestors, including a breakdown of important rights to remember.

Thousands in US expected to protest against ICE, datacenters and voter suppression this weekend

Demonstrations planned across the US this weekend will focus on three issues likely to define the midterm elections

Interview: Forms of participation in the protest | Urban Media Archive

Forms of participation in the protest | UMA - visual, audiovisual and audio resources that show the city and tell about the urban life of Central and Eastern Europe of the XIX-XXI centuries

What to Do if ICE Invades Your Neighborhood

With federal agents storming the streets of American communities, there’s no single right way to approach this dangerous moment. But there are steps you can take to stay safe—and have an impact.

US protests condemn ICE killing of Renee Good and ‘a regime that is willing to kill its own citizens’

In Philadelphia, protesters demanded ICE leave US communities and Trump end warmongering in Venezuela

What to Do if You Are Arrested or Detained by Immigration

A Know Your Rights resource with general information on what to do if you are stopped, arrested, or detained by immigration or other law enforcement.

What to Do When You See ICE in Your Neighborhood

How can you deter the Trump administration's immigrant deportation machine when it pops up in your community? Follow these steps.

Opportunities to Improve Military Policies and Practices to Reduce Civilian Harm From Explosive Weapons in Urban Conflict

This research paper seeks to contribute to further thinking and dialogue among States and their militaries that conduct operations in urbanized environments on what more can be done to reduce civilian harm by proposing practical measures in the form of options for consideration. UNIDIR seeks to enhance knowledge on ways to reduce risks and mitigate harm to civilians from the effects of explosive weapons in urbanized environments. This research frames the issue of explosive weapons in the broader context of protection of civilians in urban conflict and focuses on multilateral operations. The research takes a comprehensive approach to civilian protection from a ‘risk reduction’ perspective—that is, seeking to understand where the risks and uncertainties lie in the entire ‘civilian protection life cycle’, recognizing that civilian harm is the cumulative effect of numerous risks and decisions made from formulating mandates, planning, execution, assessment and response to lessons learned and institutional learning. Particular focus is placed on the targeting and weaponeering processes. Citation: Roger Lane, Larry Lewis and Himayu Shiotani (2019) "Opportunities to Improve Military Policies and Practices to Reduce Civilian Harm From Explosive Weapons in Urban Conflict", UNIDIR, Geneva, Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.37559/CAAP/19/PACAV/11 TRANSLATIONS To read the report in French, click here.

The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world

Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.

The Maidan in Movement: Diversity and the Cycles of Protest

The Maidan protests provide us with insights into Ukrainian society and the dynamics of mobilisation more generally. Based on the EuroMaidan Protest Participant Survey, on-site rapid interviews wit...