Böcker av Conor Foley

The book provides an up to date and authoritative account of how the UN is re[1]thinking its obligations to protect civilians during conflicts. Based on hundreds of interviews with senior UN officials and humanitarian protection staff in headquarters and in the field and a review of the UN´s ´grey literature´. It also draws on the author´s own experience of working on human rights and protection in some of the world´s most violent conflicts. It is written not about what the UN ought to do - or how it could have behaved differently in an abstract or theoretically ideal world - but what the UN is actually doing to fulfil the fundamental purposes set forth in its Charter.

The book provides an up to date and authoritative account of how the UN is re[1]thinking its obligations to protect civilians during conflicts. Based on hundreds of interviews with senior UN officials and humanitarian protection staff in headquarters and in the field and a review of the UN¿s ¿grey literature¿. It also draws on the author¿s own experience of working on human rights and protection in some of the world¿s most violent conflicts. It is written not about what the UN ought to do ¿ or how it could have behaved differently in an abstract or theoretically ideal world ¿ but what the UN is actually doing to fulfil the fundamental purposes set forth in its Charter.

This book explores the relationship between the development of UN peacekeeping and the protection of civilians under international law. While the UN acknowledges the relevance of international humanitarian law to its missions, this book argues that international human rights law regulations usually provide more appropriate guidance.

The idea that we should "do something" to help those suffering in far-off places is the main impulse driving those who care about human rights. This book explores how the doctrine of humanitarian intervention has been used to allow states to invade other nations in the name of human rights.