Full title: Peace operations : tackling the military, legal and policy challenges / Michael J. Kelly.

Author/creator: Australian Government Publishing Service, Kelly, Michael J., 1960-.

Call Numbers: 341.584/2, N341.584/30

Record Identifier: 74VvpMAjjk4Z

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: xviii, [460] p., [12] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm., Part 1. The challenge -- chapter 1. Why are we here?: intervention and the new world disorder -- Changing face of sovereignty -- Intervention and human rights since the 19th century -- Self-determination as a human right -- International Court of Justice -- Contemporary shape of the law regarding intervention -- Greece, 1944-49 -- Lebanon, 1958 -- Congo, 1960-64 -- Dominican Republic, 1965 -- Bangladesh, 1971 -- Uganda and Cambodia, 1979 -- Grenada, 1983 and Panama, 1989 -- Liberia, 1990 -- Northern and Southern Iraq, 1991 and Yugoslavia, 1992 -- Somalia, 1992-95 -- Haiti, 1994-96 -- Rwanda, 1994 and the Comoros, 1995 -- Conclusion -- Criteria for United Nations: authorised interventions -- ch. 2. Of mission and leadership:, the United States, United Nations and the manner of intervention -- United Nations agenda -- Iraq -- Yugoslavia -- Cambodia -- Somalia -- Rwanda -- Haiti -- Mozambique -- Angola -- United Nations organisation and capability -- The United States agenda -- Conclusion -- pt. 2. The law -- ch. 3. The historical development of the law governing military presence in foreign lands -- Roman practice -- Belligerent occupation -- What constitutes belligerent 'occupation'? -- The roots of belligerent occupation -- the Lieber Code, 1863 -- Brussels, 1874 -- The Hague, 1899-1907 -- From experience to law, 1914-49 -- Non belligerent occupation -- What constitutes non-beligerent 'occupation'? -- The roots of non-belligerent occupation, 1800-73 --, Principles of non-belligerent occupation take shape, 1882-98 -- Between treaty and principle: the Rhineland, 1919 -- Occupation of allied territory in World War II -- Non-belligerent occupation prior to the fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 -- Conclusion -- ch. 4. The current state of the laws of occupation and their application to peace operations -- Advent of the fourth Geneva Convention -- 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 and II of 1977 -- Termination of an occupation -- The current status of the customary law of non-belligerent occupation -- Operations under the United Nations charter -- 'Contracted out' operations -- Blue helmet operations -- The question of acceptance --, ch. 5. Obligation meets utility: the provisions of the laws of occupation -- Obligations -- Restoration of public order -- Education and religion -- Food and medicine, health and hygiene, civil defence -- The prohibitions -- General treatment of the population -- Prohibitions relating to maintaining order -- Rights of the occupant -- Maintaining order and the legal regime -- Economy, requisition and maintaining the force -- Conclusion -- ch. 6. Developing legal frontiers: human rights, international tribunals, United Nations rules and conventions -- Human rights conventions -- United Nations rules -- International tribunals and treaty crimes -- Third-party safeguard mechanisms --Conclusion -- pt. 3. Somalia -- ch. 7. The United States led unified task force intervention, into the breach -- Historical background -- Politics of relief --, United Nations and United States decision to intervene -- Unified task force operations -- Media factor -- Mission 'creep' or mission confusion? -- Non-government organisations-military relations -- Sovereign rights assumed -- Restoring and maintaining order? -- Conclusion -- ch. 8. The Australian experience in Somalia -- Australian civil affairs strategy -- Working with non-government organisations -- Restoring and maintaining order -- Auxiliary security force -- Police cells and prisons -- Judiciary -- Criminal Investigation Division -- Prosecutions -- Conclusion -- ch. 9. United Nations operation in Somalia II: the mission derailed -- Status of United Nations operation in Somalia II -- Justice reconstruction mandate -- Dilemmas of maintaining order -- Meeting other convention obligations --, Missing link between capability and effectiveness -- ch. 10. Lessons of Somalia: can collapsed states be 'saved' -- Success or failure? -- Media management -- Disarmament -- Relief organisations in peace enforcement -- Military force structure -- 'Front loading for success' -- Integrated effort and personnel -- Proper use of force -- Justice reconstruction and interim measures -- Lessons for Australia -- Conclusions -- pt. 4. The military response -- ch. 11. 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 --

Publishers: Canberra, : Australian Govt. Pub. Serivce, c1997.

Notes: "Many contemporary operational challenges are analysed -- Bosnia, the Middle East and, in particular, a detailed case study of Somalia based on the author's inside knowledge, experience and access to information acquired on the ground in Somalia."--Back cover. Bibliography: p. [431-460].

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