International peace conferences / by Bertrand G. Ramcharan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramcharan, B. G., author.

Series:

Nijhoff law specials ; Volume 86.

Nijhoff Law Specials, 0924-4549 ; Volume 86

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pacific settlement of international disputes.

Peace.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands : Brill Nijhoff, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book has emerged out of the author's experience as Director of an innovative peacemaking, peacekeeping and humanitarian initiative, the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia, between 1992 and 1996. What was striking about this conference was the experiment of two full-time Co-Chairmen, one from the United Nations and one from the European Union, who laboured tirelessly for peace in different parts of the former Yugoslavia for three and a half years. The strategies and organization of the conference had to be pieced together from the start by the Co-Chairmen and their colleagues; only in retrospect could the question whether there might have been experiences of international peace conferences that might have been useful at the beginning of this process be reviewed. This research is contained in Part One of this book, which offers a review of the role of international peace conferences in history. Part Two contains a case study of the strategies and experiences of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

International Peace Conferences: A Historical Overview

Institutional Architectures

Conflict Prevention

Peacemaking

Peacekeeping

Peacebuilding

Human Rights

Justice

Conclusion

Introduction: The un Idea and the Art of the Possible

Conflict Containment and Prevention: Successes and Misses

Peacemaking: Success on Greece-Macedonia

Peacemaking: Success on the Danube Region of Croatia: The Erdut Agreement

Peacemaking: Successes and Sabotage on Bosnia

Humanitarianism: Heroism in the Face of Inhumanity

Peacekeeping in the Face of Ingratitude, Opportunism, and Treachery

Peacekeeping: Negotiating the Peacekeeping Mandate in Croatia

Human Rights: How to Protect in the Heart of Darkness?: The un Special Rapporteur

Political Leadership: The First War-Time srsg

Conclusion: The un Served Magnificently in Practising the Art of the Possible

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-24590-1

OCLC:

900888998

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004245907 DOI