1st Edition
Protection of Civilians and Individual Accountability Obligations and Responsibilities of Military Commanders in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
By Lenneke Sprik
Copyright 2020
188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book explores the question of whether peacekeeping commanders can be held accountable for a failure to protect the civilian population in the mission area. This requires an assessment of whether peacekeeping commanders have an obligation to act against such serious crimes being committed under domestic and international law. The work uses the cases of the Dutch and Belgian peacekeeping... Read more
1 Introduction
2 Srebrenica and Rwanda and the Legal Aftermath
3 Omission Liability in Domestic Law
4 Scope for Omission Liability under International Law?
5 A Legal Obligation to Act for the Peacekeeping Commander?
6 The Peacekeeping Commander as Bystander: A Moral Obligation to Act?
7 The Lege Ferenda Perspective on the Legal Framework of Peacekeeping
8 Conclusion
Biography
Lenneke Sprik is a lecturer in International Security in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
