Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Human rights within the context of members of armed forces
- 2 The human rights of members of the armed forces
- 3 Human rights and the disciplinary process
- 4 Civilians before military courts
- 5 Human rights and international armed conflict
- 6 Human rights, non-international armed conflict and civil disorder
- 7 Human rights during multinational operations
- Index
7 - Human rights during multinational operations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Human rights within the context of members of armed forces
- 2 The human rights of members of the armed forces
- 3 Human rights and the disciplinary process
- 4 Civilians before military courts
- 5 Human rights and international armed conflict
- 6 Human rights, non-international armed conflict and civil disorder
- 7 Human rights during multinational operations
- Index
Summary
This chapter will consider the human rights of those with whom the armed forces of States forming part of a multinational force operation come into contact during the course of the operation. It will be concerned with the presence of armed forces, usually in multinational contingents, present on the territory of another State, whether their presence results from a United Nations Security Council resolution, by agreement with another international organisation or through an inter-State arrangement between or among the States involved.
The ostensible purpose of deploying armed forces to a multinational force is not to engage in military operations but to protect the lives of civilians. Indeed, it is not unusual to find human rights organisations requesting the United Nations Secretary-General to send a United Nations force to a particular region in order to protect the civilian population from opposing militia groups and to enable humanitarian assistance to be delivered where it is needed. The main function of the armed forces will differ, therefore, from those situations where armed forces are deployed to take part in an armed conflict or during a period of disorder within a State. The protection by armed forces of the basic human rights of the civilian population (and possibly the use of military logistical support to those providing humanitarian assistance) is not a by-product of the operation but of its very nature.
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- The Impact of Human Rights Law on Armed Forces , pp. 224 - 249Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2005