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Double Standards in Peacekeeping? Subcontracting Peacekeeping and International Humanitarian Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2004

Marten Zwanenburg
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Abstract

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Increasingly the UN is ‘subcontracting’ peacekeeping and peace enforcement operations. The ECOMOG intervention in Sierra Leone is an example. Some members of ECOMOG have been accused of violating international humanitarian law. These accusations have not been adequately addressed by ECOMOG nor by the UN. The limited attention paid to this problem by the UN in ‘subcontracted’ operations contrasts with increased concern with respect for international humanitarian law by forces under UN command and control. It is argued that the UN should ensure that ‘subcontracting’ does not lead to lowering standards of international humanitarian law.

Keywords

ECOMOGinternational humanitarian lawpeacekeepingUnited Nations
Type
EDITORIAL
Information
Leiden Journal of International Law , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , December 1999 , pp. 753 - 757
Copyright
© 1999 Kluwer Law International