Responsabilità e accountability nelle operazioni di mantenimento della pace dell’ONU: evoluzioni, involuzioni e prospettive

This article delves into the evolution of internal remedies established within the UN available to victims of human rights violations committed in peacekeeping operations, 75 years after the adoption of the UN Charter. Assuming that other forms of control over the UN are often absent or inadequate (para. 2), an overview of the system of remedies developed by the UN vis-à-vis private third-party will be briefly sketched, starting from the internal dispute settlement mechanisms provided for “on paper” in the first UN peacekeeping operations (and never set out), to those actually established in the most recent ones (para. 3). The analysis will highlight some critical aspects that have lately emerged in the practice of the UN internal dispute settlement mechanisms (para. 4), and it will then take stock of the entire set of remedies provided by the Organization to aggrieved third parties (para. 5). Finally, in a de iure condendo perspective, some reform proposals will be put forward in view of advancing the protection offered to individuals (para. 6).