United Nations and the Mass Human Rights Violations in the Form of International Crimes in BH during the International Armed Conflict Cover Image

Ujedinjene nacije i masovna kršenja ljudskih prava u formi međunarodnih zločina u Bosni i Hercegovini u vrijeme međunarodnoga oružanoga sukoba
United Nations and the Mass Human Rights Violations in the Form of International Crimes in BH during the International Armed Conflict

Author(s): Enis Omerović
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Univerzitet u Sarajevu
Keywords: United Nations; Security Council; Secretary General; Bosnia and Herzegovina; an international armed conflict; aggression; genocide; international crimes; “ethnic cleansing”; safe areas; the United Nations Protection Force

Summary/Abstract: The author of this academic paper gives a thorough presentation of action of the United Nations in relation to international armed conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the first chapter, after the initial review, he analyzes the establishment, mandate and role of the United Nations Protection Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina, mainly through analytical and critical cross-section of the Security Council resolutions of the United Nations. In the second chapter, the author writes of the establishment and role of the safe areas of the United Nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which constitute as an legal institute, to date, one of the most controversial actions of the United Nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively the decisions of the international community of States. The paper also brings meaning and consequences of the decision of the Security Council in 1991. which means the introduction of the ban on imports (embargo) of weapons in the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina), as well as the importance and effectiveness of the closure of airspace over the whole of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

  • Issue Year: LI/2010
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 209-235
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: Bosnian