International responsibility for conduct of UN peacekeeping forces: The question of attribution

Abstract

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2177-7055.2015v36n70p19 The present paper aims at studying the international rules which have to be applied for the purposes of determining whether a certain conduct taken in the context of a UN peacekeeping operation must be attributed to troop-contributing states or to the UN. I will also consider whether, and under what circumstances, the same conduct may be attributed to both subjects. It argues that because of their dual status as organs of both the UN and the sending state, the formal status of peacekeeping forces within the UN system can hardly be regarded as decisive for purposes of attribution.

Keywords

• peacekeeping
• United Nations
• international rules