Civis Sacer: peacekeeper abuse and international order

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dc.contributor.authorkovalchuk, alexander (sasha)
dc.contributor.supervisorWatson, Scott D.
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-28T17:13:10Z
dc.date.available2016-09-28T17:13:10Z
dc.date.copyright2016en_US
dc.date.issued2016-09-28
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Political Science
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractAlthough United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (UNPKO) are said to protect humanitarian rights, peacekeepers are found to commit sexual assault, war crimes, and gross negligence. International legal immunities exempt peacekeepers and the UN from criminal liability and civil litigation. Whereas the literature on peacekeeper abuses conceptualizes the problem to be one of implementation of immunities, this thesis contends that such views are uncritical towards peacekeeping, immunity itself, and international society that organizes UNPKO. I theorize that the legal structures permitting such abuses (e.g. the UN Charter) render individuals expendable and hence objectified for the sake of international order. The argument presents a case study of the Srebrenica Massacre and ensuing legal cases to illustrate how immunities objectify individuals. Drawing on Agamben's theory of homo sacer, I introduce the term civis sacer to describe individuals excluded from international law with UNPKO immunities that objectifies them for the sake of maintaining international order.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0616en_US
dc.description.proquestemailkovalcha@mcmaster.caen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/7577
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectInternational Relationsen_US
dc.subjectUnited Nationsen_US
dc.subjectHumanitarian Interventionen_US
dc.subjectPeacekeepingen_US
dc.subjectPeacekeeper Abuseen_US
dc.subjectAgambenen_US
dc.subjectEnglish Schoolen_US
dc.subjectInternational Lawen_US
dc.subjectLegal Theoryen_US
dc.subjectPeace Studiesen_US
dc.subjectPolitical Theoryen_US
dc.titleCivis Sacer: peacekeeper abuse and international orderen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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