Duty of Care of the EU and Its Member States towards Their Personnel Deployed in International Missions

In this article, the author examines the current interpretation of the “duty of care” and the obligation to protect life in the international legal system. He defines the precise obligations of EU and its Member States at this regard, points out what has been done so far to implement them and highlights the potential consequences of violating these obligations. As most of the problems associated with the notion of the “duty of care” are similar both for EU and its Member States, and as they are intrinsically connected and sometimes difficult to address separately, this investigation will take into account both situations.