Documents on the Law of Un Peace Operations

Since the first edition of this book was published in 2010, United Nations peace operations have evolved significantly. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, and South Sudan, UN peacekeepers are now engaged in building peace by fighting non-State armed actors, and must consider issues concerning the application of law and policy governing the use of armed force when protecting civilians. In addition, the UN and its peacekeepers are increasingly being held to higher standards of accountability to ensure that their engagement with local forces and populations meets normative requirements found in international humanitarian law and international human rights law.

This extensively revised edition of Documents on the Law of UN Peace Operations addresses the key normative principles, rules, and standards that have been a part of this evolution. The book provides essential documents, accompanied with commentary, which identify and explain the legal framework or applicable legal norms involved in the planning, management and conduct of UN peace operations. Topics covered include obligations under international humanitarian law, human rights law, international criminal law, and privileges and immunities. Special attention is also paid to matters such as accountability, the rule of law, and the protection of civilians.

List of contents

• Introduction


• PART ONE: ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PEACE OPERATIONS


• 1: Charter of the United Nations


• 2: Status-of-Forces Agreement between the United Nations and Host Countries


• 3: Agreement between the United Nations and Contributing States


• PART TWO: CONDUCT OF PEACE OPERATIONS


• A: GENERAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS


• Introduction


• 4: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide


• 5: Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons


• 6: The International Covenants on Human Rights


• 7: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women


• 8: Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment


• 9: Rights of the Child


• 10: International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance


• 11: Justice and Remedies


• 12: The Protection of Persons under Detention or Imprisonment


• 13: Public Safety and the Use of Force


• B: PROTECTION OF UNITED NATIONS and ASSOCIATED PERSONNEL


• 14: Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel


• C: INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW


• Introduction


• 15: Secretary General's Bulletin: Observance by United Nations Forces of International Humanitarian Law


• 16: Four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols


• D: THEMATIC SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS


• Introduction


• 17: Women, Peace and Security


• 18: Children and Armed Conflict


• 19: Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict


• 20: Sexual Exploitation and Abuse


• PART THREE: RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN PEACE OPERATIONS


• Introduction


• A: PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND ITS AGENCIES


• 21: Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations


• B: THIRD-PARTY LIABILITY


• 22: Third-Party Liability: Temporal and Financial Limitations


• C: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW


• 23: Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court


• D: ARTICLES ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS


• 24: Articles on the Responsibility of International Organisations


• E: CODES OF CONDUCT, DIRECTIVES AND GUIDELINES


• 25: Secretary-General's Bulletin: Status, Basic Rights, and Duties of United Nations Staff Members


• 26: Secretary-General's Bulletin: Regulations Governing the Status, Basic Rights, and Duties of Officials other than Secretariat Officials, and Experts on Mission


• 27: United Nations Standards of Conduct: We are United Nations Peacekeeping Personne

  About the author

  Bruce "Ossie" Oswald is a Professor and Director of the Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law in the Melbourne Law School at the University of Melbourne. His interests in law and practice are in international humanitarian law, peace operations, state building, accountability and responsibility, and the application of human rights law to military operations. Ossie has served in the Australian Regular Army as a legal officer. He has seen operational service in Rwanda, the Former Yugoslavia, East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan. Ossie continues to serve in the Army Reserves as a legal officer.
  
  Helen Durham is Director of International Law and Policy at the International Committee of the Red Cross, and is a senior fellow at Melbourne Law School. Helen has been Director of International Law, Strategy, Planning and Research at the Australian Red Cross, and has been involved in international treaty negotiations.
  
  Adrian Bates is a barrister practicing in a range of areas including criminal law and family law. Prior to commencing at the Bar, Adrian worked as a Legal & Policy Officer within the human rights unit at the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission, and as a Research Fellow at the Melbourne Law School.

  Summary

  Providing those working in the field with a comprehensive overview of the law regulating UN peace operations, this volume sets out the different legal instruments and sources that govern the planning, management, and conduct of these missions

  Additional text

  For the historian of international law, the first and second editions together are the best documentary introduction to UN peacekeeping operations.

  Report

  For the historian of international law, the first and second editions together are the best documentary introduction to UN peacekeeping operations. Jus Gentium

Product details

• Authors: Adrian Bates, Bates Adrian, Helen Durham, Bruce Oswald, Bruce (Professor and Director Oswald, Oswald Bruce
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.06.2019
• EAN: 9780198757283
• ISBN: 978-0-19-875728-3
• No. of pages: 704
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / Criminal Procedure, LAW / International, LAW / Civil Rights, International Criminal Law, Warfare & defence, Warfare and defence, International institutions, Public international law: criminal law, International humanitarian law, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Public international law: humanitarian law, United Nations & Un Agencies