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Attribution of Conduct in Peacekeeping Operations

Novén, Anton LU (2024) LAGF03 20241
Department of Law
Faculty of Law
Abstract
This essay focuses on attribution of conduct in peacekeeping missions. The study attempts to explain how attribution is carried out according to interna-tional customary law, through legal dogmatic method. To investigate interna-tional customary law, I initially examined the ILC’s instruments DARIO and ARSIWA, and their impact in this area. The study goes on to examine the significance of these instruments by looking at how they have been applied in case law. Since case law from international courts has been sparse, I have primarily examined the Dutch national decisions Nuhanovic and Mothers of Srebrenica. The Behrami case from the ECtHR has also been investigated.
The legal situation in this area has largely been found to be very... (More)
This essay focuses on attribution of conduct in peacekeeping missions. The study attempts to explain how attribution is carried out according to interna-tional customary law, through legal dogmatic method. To investigate interna-tional customary law, I initially examined the ILC’s instruments DARIO and ARSIWA, and their impact in this area. The study goes on to examine the significance of these instruments by looking at how they have been applied in case law. Since case law from international courts has been sparse, I have primarily examined the Dutch national decisions Nuhanovic and Mothers of Srebrenica. The Behrami case from the ECtHR has also been investigated.
The legal situation in this area has largely been found to be very unclear. In case law, attribution has been based both on DARIO and ARSIWA, and de-pending on which instrument the court has used, different conclusions have been reached. This essay argues that attribution of conduct to international organizations should be done using the effective control test in Article 7 DA-RIO. To attribute conduct to the troop-contributing state, Article 7 should be applied reciprocally. Generally, the court should regard the contingent as a state organ that is placed under the control of the international organization. Thus, the conduct of the troop contingent is almost always attributable to the international organization, but the effective control test should also be applied in relation to the state. If it is found that the state also exercises effective con-trol over the troop contingent, the conduct should be attributed to the state as well. (Less)
Abstract (Swedish)
Denna uppsats handlar om hänförbarhet av handlande under fredsbevarande insatser. Uppsatsen försöker redogöra för hur hänförbarhet går till enligt in-ternationell sedvanerätt. Detta har gjorts genom att tillämpa rättsdogmatisk metod. För att utreda den internationella sedvanerätten har jag inledningsvis undersökt ILCs instrument DARIO och ARSIWA och dess betydelse på om-rådet. Sedan har jag undersökt dessa instruments betydelse genom att se hur dessa har tillämpats i praxis. Då praxis från internationella domstolar har varit sparsam har jag framför allt undersökt de nederländska nationella avgöran-dena Nuhanovic och Mothers of Srebrenica. Även rättsfallet Behrami från ECtHR har undersökts.
Rättsläget har funnits till stor del på detta... (More)
Denna uppsats handlar om hänförbarhet av handlande under fredsbevarande insatser. Uppsatsen försöker redogöra för hur hänförbarhet går till enligt in-ternationell sedvanerätt. Detta har gjorts genom att tillämpa rättsdogmatisk metod. För att utreda den internationella sedvanerätten har jag inledningsvis undersökt ILCs instrument DARIO och ARSIWA och dess betydelse på om-rådet. Sedan har jag undersökt dessa instruments betydelse genom att se hur dessa har tillämpats i praxis. Då praxis från internationella domstolar har varit sparsam har jag framför allt undersökt de nederländska nationella avgöran-dena Nuhanovic och Mothers of Srebrenica. Även rättsfallet Behrami från ECtHR har undersökts.
Rättsläget har funnits till stor del på detta rättsområde vara mycket oklart. Hänförbarhet har i praxis både grundats på DARIO och ARSIWA och bero-ende på vilket instrument rätten använt sig av kommit till skilda slutsatser. Denna uppsats argumenterar för att hänförbarhet i till internationella organisat-ioner ska göras med hjälp av det effektiva kontroll-testet artikel 7 DARIO. För att hänföra ett handlande till den truppsändande staten ska artikel 7 DA-RIO tillämpas reciprokt. Rätten ska i det typiska fallet betrakta truppavdel-ningen som ett statligt organ, som är placerat i den internationella organisat-ionens kontroll. Truppavdelningens handlande är alltså i princip alltid hänför-bart till den internationella organisationen, men det effektiva kontrolltestet ska också göras i relation till staten. Om det finnes att staten också utövar effektiv kontroll över truppavdelningen ska handlandet hänföras även till staten. (Less)
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Novén, Anton LU
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LAGF03 20241
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Folkrätt, international law, international public law, attribution, international organizations
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English
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Studenten råkade ta bort sin förstainlämning. Uppsatsen 2024-06-10 16:27:30 är därmed studentens förstainlämning, och filen med korrekt filnamn är andrainlämningen som ska publiceras.
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  abstract     = {{This essay focuses on attribution of conduct in peacekeeping missions. The study attempts to explain how attribution is carried out according to interna-tional customary law, through legal dogmatic method. To investigate interna-tional customary law, I initially examined the ILC’s instruments DARIO and ARSIWA, and their impact in this area. The study goes on to examine the significance of these instruments by looking at how they have been applied in case law. Since case law from international courts has been sparse, I have primarily examined the Dutch national decisions Nuhanovic and Mothers of Srebrenica. The Behrami case from the ECtHR has also been investigated. 
The legal situation in this area has largely been found to be very unclear. In case law, attribution has been based both on DARIO and ARSIWA, and de-pending on which instrument the court has used, different conclusions have been reached. This essay argues that attribution of conduct to international organizations should be done using the effective control test in Article 7 DA-RIO. To attribute conduct to the troop-contributing state, Article 7 should be applied reciprocally. Generally, the court should regard the contingent as a state organ that is placed under the control of the international organization. Thus, the conduct of the troop contingent is almost always attributable to the international organization, but the effective control test should also be applied in relation to the state. If it is found that the state also exercises effective con-trol over the troop contingent, the conduct should be attributed to the state as well.}},
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  title        = {{Attribution of Conduct in Peacekeeping Operations}},
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