L¿APPLICABILITA¿ DEL DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE UMANITARIO E DEI DIRITTI UMANI NELLE OPERAZIONI MILITARI ISTITUITE DALLE ORGANIZZAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI

This PhD thesis aims at understanding the problems, both theoretical and practical, related to the applicability of international humanitarian law and human rights law to peacekeeping operations. The four chapters of the thesis discuss the nature and the variety of peacekeeping operations, the attribution of conducts, the interpretation of art. 103 of UN Charter and specific problems linked to the applicability of international humanitarian law and human rights law. The conclusion reached is in the sense that the role of troop-contributing States is fundamental in the compliance with the rule protecting human dignity during peacekeeping operations.