Abstract
The United Nations has not published any formal statement as to the
legal framework governing peacekeepers’ use of force when they are not
engaged as combatants in an armed conflict. However, the United Nations
has developed a working doctrine that it applies to all Chapter VII mandated missions, regardless of whether they are deployed into situations of
armed conflict or not. This article analyzes this doctrine and its effects in
practice, drawing on interviews with UN Legal Officers, relevant United
Nations and human rights documents, and on information learned in the
course of field research on the impact of UN operations to combat criminal
violence in Haiti.
legal framework governing peacekeepers’ use of force when they are not
engaged as combatants in an armed conflict. However, the United Nations
has developed a working doctrine that it applies to all Chapter VII mandated missions, regardless of whether they are deployed into situations of
armed conflict or not. This article analyzes this doctrine and its effects in
practice, drawing on interviews with UN Legal Officers, relevant United
Nations and human rights documents, and on information learned in the
course of field research on the impact of UN operations to combat criminal
violence in Haiti.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 663-702 |
| Number of pages | 39 |
| Journal | Human Rights Quarterly |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published (in print/issue) - 1 Aug 2018 |
Keywords
- use of force
- UN peacekeepers
- Haiti
- human rights
