Protecting civilians
Subtitle: the obligations of peacekeepers
By: Siobhán Wills.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780199533879
Subjects: War -- Protection of civilians
Description: Siobhan Wills examines the obligations of troops to prevent serious abuses of human rights towards civilians under international humanitarian law and international human rights law.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Historical review of civilian protection by UN peacekeepers; title: The extent to which peacekeeping and other multi-national forces have a general 'responsibility to protect' under international humanitarian law; title: The applicability of occupation law to peacekeeping and other multi-national operations; title: Implications for peacekeepers and other multi-national forces.