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2013 March

UN Peacekeeping Operations and Article 7 ARIO: The Missing Link

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This note argues that the solution adopted by the Articles on the Responsibility of International Organizations to the question of attributing wrongful conduct in the cotext of peace support operations is misguided, as it deliberately ignores the legal and institutional status of national contingents, does not reflect consistent international practice and may not serve the best interests of potential claimants.

2010 September

Protecting Civilians: The Obligations of Peacekeepers / Siobhán Wills

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Protecting Civilians: The Obligations of Peacekeepers. By SIOBHÁN WILLS. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. ISBN-13: 978-0-19-953387-9 (hb.) £60.00. Peacekeeping as an instrument of international peace and security has been around for a considerable period of time. Leaving aside its early manifestations before the Second World War, peacekeeping under the collective security system of the United