Abstract
The UN Security Council has stated that peacekeeping operations should include provisions on the protection of civilians ‘where appropriate and on a case-by-case basis’. This implies that the Security Council does not recognise a general obligation of UN peacekeepers to protect civilians in the host state. Accordingly, this paper will analyse whether such an obligation exists under international law. It will firstly examine the obligations incumbent upon states under international human rights law and international humanitarian law, and then – analogous obligations of the UN. The analysis will focus on physical protection of civilians from actions of third parties which threaten to violate their human rights or physical security.
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