Multinational operations and the law Volume 95 Number 891/2 Autumn/Winter 2013 Autumn/Winter 2013 95 Number 891/2 Volume Volume 95 Number 891/892 Autumn/Winter 2013 Editorial: Multinational operations and the law: great expectations, great responsibilities Vincent Bernard, Editor-in-Chief Interview with Lieutenant General Babacar Gaye Military Adviser for Peacekeeping Operations From peacekeeping to peacebuilding: the evolution of the role of the United Nations in peace operations Ronald Hatto The protection of civilians mandate in UN peacekeeping operations: reconciling protection concepts and practices Haidi Willmot and Scott Sheeran Peace operations by proxy: implications for humanitarian action of UN peacekeeping partnerships with non-UN security forces Jérémie Labbé and Arthur Boutellis The applicability and application of international humanitarian law to multinational forces Tristan Ferraro The legal status of personnel involved in United Nations peace operations Dieter Fleck and the law operations Multinational Humanitarian debate: Law, policy, action Observance of international humanitarian law by forces under the command of the European Union Frederik Naert Perspective on the applicability and application of international humanitarian law: the UN context Katarina Grenfell A NATO perspective on applicability and application of IHL to multinational forces Peter Olson Debate: How does the involvement of a multinational peacekeeping force affect the classification of a situation? Eric David and Ola Engdahl International humanitarian law interoperability in multinational operations Marten Zwanenburg Some controversies of detention in multinational operations and the contributions of the Copenhagen Principles Bruce Oswald The allocation of responsibility for internationally wrongful acts committed in the course of multinational operations Paolo Palchetti Counterinsurgency Law: New Directions in Asymmetric Warfare, Oxford University Press, 2013. William Banks Book review by R. 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