Restoring and Maintaining Order in Complex Peace Operations : : The Search for a Legal Framework.

• Superior document: International Humanitarian Law Series ; v.1
• Author: Kelly, Michael J.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 1999.; ©1999.
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: International Humanitarian Law Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (340 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- FOREWORD TO THE SERIES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- TABLE OF PRINCIPAL CASES -- TABLE OF PRINCIPAL TREATIES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I: THE PROBLEM -- CHAPTER ONE: The US-led UNITAF Intervention - Into the Breach -- Introduction -- The Setting -- The UN and US Decision to Intervene -- UNITAF Operations -- The Deployment -- The Problems -- Mission "Creep" or Mission Confusion? -- Rights of the Sovereign Assumed -- The Media Factor -- Restoring and Maintaining Order? -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER TWO: The Australian Experience in Somalia -- Introduction -- The Setting -- The Australian Civil Affairs Strategy -- Application of the Laws of Occupation -- General Assessment of Application -- Community Consultation and Claims -- Restoring and Maintaining Order -- The Auxiliary Security Force (ASF) -- Police Cells and Prisons -- The Judiciary -- Criminal Investigation Division (CID) -- Prosecutions -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER THREE: UNOSOMII - The Mission Derailed -- Introduction -- The Setting -- The Status of UNOSOM II -- The Justice Reconstruction Mandate -- The Dilemmas of Maintaining Order -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER FOUR: The Legal Framework Alternatives for Dealing with Collapsed State Emergencies -- Introduction -- Treaty and Custom Options -- The Law as Guidelines -- Treaty Amendment/Generation -- Custom and State Practice -- UN Institutional Options -- Security Council Resolutions -- Administrative Functions Assumed by Agreement -- The Trusteeship Council -- A New UN Mechanism -- Conclusion -- PART II: A SOLUTION -- CHAPTER FIVE: The Historical Development of the Laws of Occupation -- Introduction -- What Constitutes Occupation? -- Belligerent Occupation -- The Roots of Belligerent Occupation -- The Lieber "Code" - 1863 -- Brussels - 1874 -- The Hague - 1899-1907.

The Experience of Belligerent Occupation Under the Hague Code - 1914-1949 -- Non-Belligerent Occupation -- What Constitutes Non-Belligerent Occupation? -- The Roots of Non-Belligerent Occupation - 1800-1873 -- The Principles of Non-Belligerent Occupation Take Shape - 1882-1898 -- Between Treaty and Principle - The Rhineland - 1919 -- Occupation of Allied Territory in World War Two -- Non-Belligerent Occupation Prior to the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER SIX: The Current State of the Laws of Occupation and Their Application to Peace Operations -- Introduction -- The Advent of the Fourth Geneva Convention -- The Relation of the Fourth Convention to the Hague Regulations -- The Application of the Convention. -- Does the Fourth Convention Have the Status of Customary Law? -- Additional Protocols I &amp -- II of 1977 -- Termination of an Occupation -- The Current Status of the Customary Law of Non-Belligerent Occupation -- Operations Under the UN Charter -- 'Contracted Out' Operations -- Blue Helmet Operations -- The Question of Acceptance -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER SEVEN: Obligation Meets Utility - The Provisions of the Laws of Occupation -- Introduction -- The Obligations -- Restoration of Public Order -- The Prohibitions -- General Treatment of the Population -- Prohibitions Relating to Maintaining Order -- The Rights of the Occupant -- Administrative Aspects -- The Death Penalty, 'War Crimes', and 'Crimes Against Humanity' -- Minimum Standards and Due Process -- Arrest and Detention Issues -- Punitive/Preventative Security Action -- Security and Regulation of the Media -- Requisition and Maintaining the Force -- Conclusion -- PART III: CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER EIGHT: The Challenge of Intervention and the Laws of Occupation -- Introduction -- Criteria for United Nations Authorised Interventions.

The Challenge and Implications of Humanitarian Intervention -- The Applicability and Relevance of the Laws of Occupation -- Reform? -- The Practical Application -- Justice Reconstruction and Interim Measures -- CHAPTER NINE: The Practical Implications for Military Forces - Meeting the Challenge -- Lessons of Low Intensity Conflict -- The Manwaring Paradigm -- Legitimacy -- Organisation -- Support to the Intervening Force -- Prevention of Support to Opponents -- Intelligence -- Discipline and Capability of the Intervening Force -- Role of Civil Affairs, Civic Action and Special Forces -- Civil Affairs in the War in Vietnam - Positive Experiences -- The Relevance of Civil Affairs to Contemporary Operations -- Maximising the Effectiveness of Civil Affairs Operations -- A Proposal for a Standard Approach to Civil Affairs -- Organisation and Structure -- International Frameworks for Civil Affairs Cooperation -- Conclusion -- ANNEXES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.