Protection of Civilians and Individual Accountability: Obligations and Responsibilities of Military Commanders in United Nations Peacekeeping Operatio

ISBN-13: 9780367726799 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 167 str.

Lenneke Sprik

Opis

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. 

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Lenneke Sprik is a lecturer in International Security in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands.