Siobhán Wills
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- May 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780199533879
- eISBN:
- 9780191714801
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199533879.003.0005
- Subject:
- Law, Human Rights and Immigration, Public International Law
In the wake of Rwanda and Srebrenica, the Brahimi report recommended that ‘peacekeepers — troops or police — who witness violence against civilians should be presumed to be authorized to stop it, ...
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In the wake of Rwanda and Srebrenica, the Brahimi report recommended that ‘peacekeepers — troops or police — who witness violence against civilians should be presumed to be authorized to stop it, within their means, in support of basic United Nations principles’, but acknowledged practical difficulties in implementing this presumption as a principle. Efforts have been made to improve the protection of civilians in armed conflict both at UN level and through developments in national peacekeeping doctrines, but the extent of peacekeepers' protection obligations remains controversial. This chapter draws on the earlier chapters to assess the protection obligations of peacekeepers in the light of the different contexts in which peacekeepers operate; it discusses the implications of the ‘responsibility to protect’; the implications of the laws of occupation; and the distinctions between the obligations not to abuse; to protect persons in the care of the force; and to protect civilians in the local community from attack. The chapter also highlights the particular problem of sexual violence and the measures taken to deal with it.Less
In the wake of Rwanda and Srebrenica, the Brahimi report recommended that ‘peacekeepers — troops or police — who witness violence against civilians should be presumed to be authorized to stop it, within their means, in support of basic United Nations principles’, but acknowledged practical difficulties in implementing this presumption as a principle. Efforts have been made to improve the protection of civilians in armed conflict both at UN level and through developments in national peacekeeping doctrines, but the extent of peacekeepers' protection obligations remains controversial. This chapter draws on the earlier chapters to assess the protection obligations of peacekeepers in the light of the different contexts in which peacekeepers operate; it discusses the implications of the ‘responsibility to protect’; the implications of the laws of occupation; and the distinctions between the obligations not to abuse; to protect persons in the care of the force; and to protect civilians in the local community from attack. The chapter also highlights the particular problem of sexual violence and the measures taken to deal with it.
Alexander Cárdenas and Sibylle Lang
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781526131058
- eISBN:
- 9781526138873
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9781526131058.003.0003
- Subject:
- Sociology, Sport and Leisure
In this exploratory article, the authors investigate if and how sport may be used as a tool to advance Peace Support Operations’ (PSO) success. This is done based on a review of existing literature ...
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In this exploratory article, the authors investigate if and how sport may be used as a tool to advance Peace Support Operations’ (PSO) success. This is done based on a review of existing literature both in the Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) and PSO fields, as well as information on relevant activities going on “in the field” and a first round of interviews with Colombian and German officers. The authors start with an examination of sport as a tool for peace-building and the nexus between sport and the military. Outlining the characteristics and challenges of today’s complex PSO’s, they identify docking points and ways of how sport may be used to mitigate those challenges. The authors focus on four areas: multinational military-military cooperation, international civil-military interaction and PSO’s relations with the local population and the local authorities and armed forces. Acknowledging some restraints due to the nature of these operations’ constellations and dynamics, they propose six preliminary models for the use of sport to support mission success and encourage academia, the military and SDP practitioners to look further into the field.Less
In this exploratory article, the authors investigate if and how sport may be used as a tool to advance Peace Support Operations’ (PSO) success. This is done based on a review of existing literature both in the Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) and PSO fields, as well as information on relevant activities going on “in the field” and a first round of interviews with Colombian and German officers. The authors start with an examination of sport as a tool for peace-building and the nexus between sport and the military. Outlining the characteristics and challenges of today’s complex PSO’s, they identify docking points and ways of how sport may be used to mitigate those challenges. The authors focus on four areas: multinational military-military cooperation, international civil-military interaction and PSO’s relations with the local population and the local authorities and armed forces. Acknowledging some restraints due to the nature of these operations’ constellations and dynamics, they propose six preliminary models for the use of sport to support mission success and encourage academia, the military and SDP practitioners to look further into the field.
Richard Caplan (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199760114
- eISBN:
- 9780199949991
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199760114.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics
This volume provides a comparative study of exit with regard to international operations of a state-building nature. The chapters focus on the empirical experiences of, and scholarly and policy ...
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This volume provides a comparative study of exit with regard to international operations of a state-building nature. The chapters focus on the empirical experiences of, and scholarly and policy questions associated with, exit in relation to four families of experience: colonial administrations, peace support operations, international territorial administrations, and transformative military occupations. In all of these cases, state-building, broadly conceived, has been a key objective, undertaken most often in conditions of fragility or in the aftermath of armed conflict. The chapters offer detailed accounts of practice associated with exit—examining the factors that bore on the decisions by external actors to scale down or terminate an operation; investigating the nature of any planning for withdrawal; exploring whether exits were devised with clear objectives in mind; and assessing the effects of the exit strategies employed, especially in relation to peace and stability. The volume also addresses issues of a more thematic nature, notably recent institutional innovations that are intended to help manage transitions; the political economy of exit; competing normative visions of exit; and the policy implications of the analysis contained here. The case studies and the thematic essays combined reflect the key experiences and issues that are most relevant to a study of exit strategies.Less
This volume provides a comparative study of exit with regard to international operations of a state-building nature. The chapters focus on the empirical experiences of, and scholarly and policy questions associated with, exit in relation to four families of experience: colonial administrations, peace support operations, international territorial administrations, and transformative military occupations. In all of these cases, state-building, broadly conceived, has been a key objective, undertaken most often in conditions of fragility or in the aftermath of armed conflict. The chapters offer detailed accounts of practice associated with exit—examining the factors that bore on the decisions by external actors to scale down or terminate an operation; investigating the nature of any planning for withdrawal; exploring whether exits were devised with clear objectives in mind; and assessing the effects of the exit strategies employed, especially in relation to peace and stability. The volume also addresses issues of a more thematic nature, notably recent institutional innovations that are intended to help manage transitions; the political economy of exit; competing normative visions of exit; and the policy implications of the analysis contained here. The case studies and the thematic essays combined reflect the key experiences and issues that are most relevant to a study of exit strategies.
Sabine Lee
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781526104588
- eISBN:
- 9781526128461
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9781526104588.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, Military History
The final case study explores children fathered by members of peacekeeping forces. It investigates the specific nature of peacekeeping societies and the gendered power relations within those, which ...
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The final case study explores children fathered by members of peacekeeping forces. It investigates the specific nature of peacekeeping societies and the gendered power relations within those, which have led to numerous more or less exploitative relations with significant numbers of so-called peace babies being conceived. The chapter critically analyses UN attempts at both regulating military-civilian relations in its zero-tolerance policies and at recognising the need for troops under UN flag to take responsibility for children fathered peacekeepers.Less
The final case study explores children fathered by members of peacekeeping forces. It investigates the specific nature of peacekeeping societies and the gendered power relations within those, which have led to numerous more or less exploitative relations with significant numbers of so-called peace babies being conceived. The chapter critically analyses UN attempts at both regulating military-civilian relations in its zero-tolerance policies and at recognising the need for troops under UN flag to take responsibility for children fathered peacekeepers.
