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This article takes stock of some of the important contributions to the study of peacekeeping (PK). Two key topics stand out: peacekeeping burden sharing and mission effectiveness. For burden sharing, the theoretical foundation is the private provision of public goods and joint products. Implications for burden sharing differ whether financial or troop contributions are being shared, with the latter driven by jointly produced country-specific benefits. Financial burden sharing can also differ between United Nations (UN)-led and non-UN-led peacekeeping operations, wherein country-specific benefits are especially important for the latter. Many articles gauge peacekeeping effectiveness by the mission's ability to maintain the peace or to protect lives for a set time period. More recently, multiple criteria are raised for evaluating peacekeeping in today's world of multifaceted peacebuilding operations.

Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden die von den USA und den Vereinten Nationen in Haiti durchgeführten Waffenrückkauf-Programme analysiert. Mit diesen Programmen sollte auf friedlichem Wege eine weitgehende Entwaffnung der Bevölkerung ermöglicht und das Gewaltpotential gemindert werden. Vor allem im Hinblick auf Lektionen für ähnliche Programme in El Salvador und anderen lateinamerikanischen Staaten fragt der Verfasser nach den Ursachen für Erfolge und Mängel des in Haiti umgesetzten Waffenrückkaufs. (Lat.am Anal Daten Dok/DÜI)

The United Nations peacekeeping has evolved as a practical measure for preserving international peace and security. Recent peacekeeping has two important features: the use of force which arguably exceeds self-defence on the one hand, and multifunctional operations on the other. The Security Council has started considering a wide range of factors including serious human rights violations as threats to international peace and security. Recognising the UN's principle to seek peaceful settlement which underlies the legality of peacekeeping, this research focuses on the human rights functions of multifunctional peacekeeping operations. Such functions have immense potential for enhancing conflict resolution through peaceful means. In order to illustrate these issues and the diverse practice of UN peacekeeping, the author of this book has dealt with four detailed case studies on El Salvador, Cambodia, Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia. The achievements, problems and defects experienced by different operations are analysed using the insights of the author's own experience in a peacekeeping operation

pt. I. The role and the rule of law in international peacekeeping -- pt. II. The constitutional basis of peacekeeping -- pt. III. Principles of international peacekeeping -- pt. IV. Law applicable to peacekeeping operations -- pt. V. International administrations.