Iranian Review for UN Studies

Iranian Review for UN Studies

Protection of Places with The UN Flag (UN Premises) During Armed Conflicts in The Framework of the Contrast Between International Humanitarian Law And UN Regulations

Document Type : Original Article

Author
Seyed Hesamoddin Lesani
Assistant professor in Hazrate Masoumeh University
10.22034/iruns.2018.80918
Abstract
Given that the UN has increased its humanitarian activities over the past years and sometimes uses its own places and bases to shelter displaced civilians, the protection of such places during armed conflicts is an issue that can be a subject of an independent study. International humanitarian laws, both customary and conventional, call for the places with a UN flag to be granted immunity. The statute of the International Criminal Court has, particularly, taken the issue into consideration. The UN regulations, including the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations (1946), too, have taken into account the issue to a greater extent. Still, there remain certain contradictions between the aforementioned legal instruments that will be discussed in the current paper. Nonetheless, the international humanitarian laws and the UN regulations, aimed at protecting the UN flag, have been sadly trespassed during recent wars and armed conflicts worldwide.
Keywords
UN Premises
Humanitarian Law
Customary Law
1946 Convention
Immunity

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Iranian Review for UN Studies
Volume 1, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
September 2018
Pages 99-118