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Peacebuilding in the African Union

law, philosophy and practice

Abou Jeng

Buch

englisch

Jeng, Abou (Verfasser/-in) DNB

Cambridge University Press

Cambridge

2012

333 p.

978-1-107-01521-0

includes bibliographical references and index.

conflict, regional
history
africa
developing countries
international law

Summary:


Particularly in the context of internal conflicts, international law is frequently unable to create and sustain frameworks for peace in Africa. In Peacebuilding in the African Union, Abou Jeng explores the factors which have prevented such steps forward in the interaction between the international legal order and postcolonial Africa. In the first work of its kind, Jeng considers whether these limitations necessitate recasting the existing conceptual structure and whether the Constitutive Act of the African Union provides exactly this opportunity through its integrated peace and security framework. Through the case studies of Burundi and Somalia, Jeng examines the structures and philosophy of the African Union and assesses the capacity of its practices in peacemaking. In so doing, this book will be of great practical value to scholars and legal practitioners alike.


Table of Contents:


Terms of Use
1Towards an introduction
2International law and the Third World
3Violence and conflicts in Africa
4International law responses to conflicts
5The genesis of the African Union
6Philosophy and structures of the African Union
7The African Union's peacebuilding travails in Burundi
8The African Union and peacebuilding in Somalia
9Towards an African Union philosophy on peacebuilding?

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