Mírotvůrci, nebo pachatelé? Analýza negativních doprovodných jevů misí OSN na udržení míru
Peacekeepers or Perpetrators? Analysis of the Side Effects of UN Peacekeeping Missions

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with the negative side effects of UN peacekeeping operations. The work aims to prove the relation between certain factors and the emergence of the side effects within the missions. For this purpose, a comparison of four case studies is applied (UNMIBH and trafficking in human beings, MONUC and sexual abuse, UNAMSIL and diamonds smuggling, and UNPROFOR and cooperation with warlords). The missions analysed in the case studies share some common characteristics (type of mandate, time period, etc.) but differ in the nature of the side effects. The applied factors are divided into external factors (the presence of the negative phenomenon before or during the deployment of the mission, the stage of the conflict, the efficiency of the central government) and internal factors (the national composition of the mission – the percentual representation of soldiers from Third World countries, levels of perceived corruption among the TCC’s) and are considered within the context of each case study.

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