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This monograph provides a contemporary analysis of the frictions between peacemaking and international human rights law based on the cases of postconflict power-sharing in Lebanon and Bosnia-Herzegovina. In this context it evaluates the long-standing debate in the United Nations and human rights bodies about the 'imperfect peace'. Written from a practitioner-scholarly viewpoint and drawing from new authentic sources, the book describes the mechanisms used in peace agreements and post-conflict constitutions for managing ethnic or religious diversity, explains their legal limits under international human rights law, and provides a conceptual framework for analysing the nexus between law and peacemaking. The book argues that the relationship between the content of peace agreements and post-conflict constitutions, their negotiation process and the element of time, needs to be untangled to better understand the legal limits of statebuilding in the aftermath of armed conflict. It is a key resource for scholars in human rights law and peace and conflict studies, advisers in peace processes, constitution-makers, and peace mediators.
1. Introduction I. State Transitions, Power-Sharing and International Law II. Closing the Gap III. Methodology and Scope 2. Power-Sharing in Theory and Practice: Concepts, Mechanisms and Legal Challenges I. Ethnic and Religious Diversity as a Challenge for International Law II. Democracy Theory and the Perspective of Conflict Resolution III. Mechanisms IV. The Legal Debate V. Conclusion: The Necessity and Challenges of Bridging Interdisciplinary Perspectives 3. Power-Sharing on Trial: Sejdic and Finci v Bosnia and Herzegovina I. Bosnia and Herzegovina between Transition and Transformation II. Relevant Decisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Constitutional Court (1997-2009) III. ECtHR Definition of Ethnic-Racial Discrimination in Sejdic and Finci IV. Justifying Human Rights Restrictions V. Post-trial Developments and Constitutional Reform Process VI. Conclusion 4. Through the Lens of Human Rights Committees: Lebanese Political Confessionalism and Transitional Mechanism I. State Stability, Sectarian Traditions and Socio-Political Change II. Reports Submitted by Lebanon to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination III. Debate in the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination IV. Analysis: Confessionalism and Non-Discrimination V. Transitional Power-Sharing, Unity Governments, Proportions of High-Level Posts and the Right to Participation VI. Proportionality and Time Limitations VII. Conclusion 5. On the Law of Peace: Parameters, Challenges and Limits I. The Quest for Absolute Limitations in Peacemaking II. Peremptory Norms and Peacemaking III. A Conceptual Model for Reflections about the Law of Peace Debate IV. Open Questions and Future Research Agenda V. Concluding Remarks
Author(s) | By Martin Wahlisch (United Nations). |
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Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
ISBN | 9781509914258 |
Format | Hardback |
Pages | 248 |
Published in | United Kingdom |
Published | 5 Sep 2019 |
Availability | Available |
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