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Compromise or Commitment: Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Obligations for UN Peace Forces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2004

Marten Zwanenburg
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Abstract

Allegations of human rights and humanitarian law violations by UN forces have highlighted the need for more clarity in this area. This requires a focus on human rights and humanitarian norms applicable to UN forces, and the question of responsibility for violations of those norms. To a large extent, these questions concern the relations between the UN, national contingents, and troop contributing states. What are their respective rights and obligations? In this paper it is submitted that the answer given to this question under international law differs from the one given in the specific legal framework and practice of UN forces.

Keywords

human rightsInternational Humanitarian LawUN peace enforcement operationsUN peacekeeping forces
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ARTICLES
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Leiden Journal of International Law , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , June 1998 , pp. 229 - 245
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© 1998 Kluwer Law International

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