Human Rights Law and Peacekeeping Operations
International Military Missions and International Law, Marco Odello and Ryszard Piotrowicz, eds., Martinus Nijhoff, October 2011
Posted: 2 Aug 2012
Date Written: October 2, 2011
Abstract
In the past two decades the United Nations (UN) has deployed personnel, both military and civilian, to maintain peace and security, to promote human rights, democracy, and the rule of law as well as to protect populations from human rights violations. Still, the mechanism is not without flaws. One of the recent criticisms raised regards widespread and regular violations of human rights by personnel deployed in such missions. This Chapter examines in which regard States that send peacekeeping troops are bound by human rights law.
Keywords: peacekeeping, human rights law, United Nations
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