ABSTRACT
Peacekeepers, observers, and human rights monitors can play an invaluable role in prevention. 1 Peacekeeping, in its first and second generation, had containment and prevention in view. Peacekeepers were meant to monitor ceasefire lines and thereby have a calming and preventive effect on the situation where they were deployed. Nowadays, in what is deemed the third generation of peacekeeping, or peace support operations, there is explicit recognition of a preventive dimension.
