Protecting civilians : the obligation of peacekeepers
Author zone:
Siobhán Wills
Editor:
Oxford : Oxford university press, 2009
Physical description:
XXI, 296 p. ; 24 cm
ISBN:
978-0-19-953387-9
Languages:
English
General Note:
Index
Abstract:
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.
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