Protecting Civilians - The Obligations of Troops in International Law

Zusatztext The book provides an in depth examination of the civilian protection obligations of peacekeepers and other multi-national forces. It is a timely and detailed analysis of the implications of international human rights and humanitarian law principles to peacekeepers. Informationen zum Autor Siobhán Wills is a College Lecturer at University College Cork Klappentext This book examines the obligations of troops to prevent serious abuses of human rights towards civilians under international humanitarian law and international human rights law. The book provides an in depth examination of the civilian protection obligations of peacekeepers and other multi-national forces. It is a timely and detailed analysis of the implications of international human rights and humanitarian law principles to peacekeepers. Ray Murphy, Criminal Law Forum Zusammenfassung This book examines the obligations of troops to prevent serious abuses of human rights towards civilians under international humanitarian law and international human rights law. It analyses the duty to intervene to stop the commission of serious abuses of human rights by analysing the meaning and practical consequences for troops, in terms of civilian protection, of the Article 1 duty to respect and ensure respect for the Geneva Conventions; of the duty to secure human rights (found in most international human rights treaties); and of the duty to restore law and order in an occupation. The book also analyzes the extent of troops' obligations to provide protection in light of various different operational and legal contexts in and discusses 'grey areas' and lacuna of coverage. A discussion of whether new approaches are needed, for example where operations are undertaken explicitly to protect people from serious violations of their human rights follows; and the book concludes by offering some guidelines for troops faced with such violations.

Product details

• Authors: Siobhan Wills, Siobhán Wills
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.01.2009
• EAN: 9780199533879
• ISBN: 978-0-19-953387-9
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 243 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Print On Demand; Print on Demand
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Internationales Recht, Internationale Beziehungen, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Arms Control, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, LAW / International, Legal Reference / Law Profession, LAW / Military, Peace studies and conflict resolution, International institutions, Peace studies & conflict resolution, International humanitarian law, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Public international law: humanitarian law, Armed Conflict, United Nations & Un Agencies, Military and defence law and civilian service law, Military & Defence Law