Human Rights Violations by UN Peacekeepers – An End to Impunity – Md. Kamal Uddin

Title: Human Rights Violations by UN Peacekeepers – An End to Impunity
Author: Md. Kamal Uddin

Human Rights Violations by UN Peacekeepers – An End to Impunity [Uddin]

Abstract

Peacekeeping Operation (PKO) is significantly a worthwhile strategy for preservation and restoration of international peace and security. Promotion and protection of human rights in peacekeeping operations is a phenomenon and cannot be the only responsibility of the United Nations. However, as the most important actor of the international system, it has the primary responsibility to promote and protect human rights in peacekeeping operations because human rights issue has become very significant in the sense that unfortunately, in most cases, peacekeepers are involved in gross human rights violation in the course of operation that damage overall reputation of UN. Hence, application and enforcement of international human rights law in peacekeeping operations are essential in order to shelter the civilian form attacks, torture, and other forms of human rights violations. This paper examines the UN’s efforts to address human rights in PKOs, and also targets to find out the actual scenario of human rights in PKOs and proposes some policies.

Keywords

United Nations Peacekeeping Operations Peacekeepers Human Rights Impunity

Metadata

Title: Human Rights Violations by UN Peacekeepers – An End to Impunity
Author: Md. Kamal Uddin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/18750230-02501006
Language: English
Year: 2014
Volume: 25
Issue: 1
Pages: 130–144
In: Security and Human Rights
E-ISSN: 1875-0230