The human rights treaty obligations of peacekeepers / Kjetil Mujezinović Larsen.
By: Larsen, Kjetil Mujezinović.
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TextSeries: Cambridge studies in international and comparative law.Publisher: London : Cambridge ; c2012Description: xlii, 473 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781107017078 (hardback).Subject(s): United Nations -- Peacekeeping forces | Human rights monitoring | Treaties | Peacekeeping forces -- Moral and ethical aspects | Conflict management | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human RightsDDC classification: 341.584 Other classification: POL035010 | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Revised version of the author's thesis (Ph. D., University of Oslo, 2010).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-460) and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction and overview; 2. The emerging relevance of human rights law in UN-mandated peace operations; 3. The other side of the coin: the alleged inappropriateness of applying human rights treaties in UN-mandated peace operations; 4. The argument of non-applicability ratione personae; 5. The argument of non-applicability ratione loci; 6. The applicability of human rights law during armed conflicts; 7. Derogations; 8. Norm conflicts between UN Security Council mandates and human rights treaties; 9. Legal challenges relating to the interrelationship between troop contributing states; 10. Selected issues relating to the application of substantive provisions; 11. Conclusions.
"Do States, through their military forces, have legal obligations under human rights treaties towards the local civilian population during UN-mandated peace operations? It is frequently claimed that it is unrealistic to require compliance with human rights treaties in peace operations and this has led to an unwillingness to hold States accountable for human rights violations. In this book, Kjetil Larsen criticises this position by addressing the arguments against the applicability of human rights treaties and demonstrating that compliance with the treaties is unrealistic only if one takes an 'all or nothing' approach to them. He outlines a coherent and more flexible approach which distinguishes clearly between positive and negative obligations and makes treaty compliance more realistic. His proposals for the application of human rights treaties would also strengthen the legal framework for human rights protection in peace operations without posing any unrealistic obligations on the military forces"--