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Event: The Protection of Civilians by UN Peacekeepers (10 Feb, 2pm)

Conor Foley, Humanitarian Aid Expert, will talk on “The Protection of Civilians by UN Peacekeepers” on Friday 10th February, 2017 from 2:00pm – 4:00pm, Ramphal R1.13 followed by a drinks reception from 4:00pm – 5:00pm when Conor will give a careers talk to students who are interested in his experiences of working in over 25 conflict zones for a variety of UN and NGO humanitarian agencies.

Places are limited so please register your interest to attend this event at law.events@warwick.ac.uk

 

  The Protection of Civilians by UN Peacekeepers

There are now over 100,000 United Nations (UN) uniformed peacekeeping personnel deployed around the world in missions that have legal authority from the Security Council, under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, to use force to protect civilians (POC). POC’s emergence poses challenges to the development of international law that are as significant as the original concept of UN peacekeeping itself. Armed soldiers are being given legal permission to enter the territory of other States and protect people from certain grave violations of international human rights and humanitarian law. This raises two inter-linked questions: first of all, what gives the Security Council the right to offer such protection and secondly, what is the nature of the obligation on the mandated mission to provide it?

Brief biography:

Conor Foley's next book The Protection of Civilians by UN Peacekeepers: to save succeeding generations, will be published by Cambridge University Press later this year. He has worked in over 25 conflict zones for a variety of UN and NGO humanitarian agencies. He devised the first scenario-based training course on Protection of Civilians for the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations and then worked with four missions - MONUSCO, UNAMID, UNOCI and UNMISS - to devise tailored training courses. He lives in Brazil and is a Visiting Professor at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro.

Tue 31 Jan 2017, 15:56 | Tags: Event