The human rights treaty obligations of peacekeepers /

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Author / Creator:	Larsen, Kjetil Mujezinović, 1976- author.
Imprint:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Description:	1 online resource (xlii, 473 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge studies in international and comparative law ; 93 Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996) ; 93.
Subject:	United Nations -- Peacekeeping forces. Human rights monitoring. Treaties. Peacekeeping forces -- Moral and ethical aspects. Conflict management.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12598878

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ISBN:	9781139062022 (ebook) 9781107017078 (hardback) 9781107416949 (paperback)
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: 9781107017078

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