Protecting Human Rights and Building Peace in Post-Violence Societies

Author:   Nasia Hadjigeorgiou
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781509923427


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   20 February 2020
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Author:   Nasia Hadjigeorgiou
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Hart Publishing
Weight:   0.581kg
ISBN:  

9781509923427


ISBN 10:   150992342
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   20 February 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction I. Introduction II. The Central Question III. An Anatomy of the Relationship between Human Rights and Peace IV. The Methodology V. Conclusion 2. Clarifying the End: A Workable Definition of Peace I. Introduction II. Rejecting the Current Accounts of Peace III. Forging a New Definition of Peace IV. Conclusion 3. The Means and the End Connected: A Framework for the Relationship between Human Rights and Peace I. Introduction II. Defining the Means III. The Means and the End Unconnected IV. Resolving Conflicts and Building Peace V. Human Rights as Tools in the Conflict Resolution Process VI. Conclusion 4. Promoting Objective Peace through Human Rights Adjudication I. Introduction II. The Nature of the Conflict Being Adjudicated III. The Type of Court Adjudicating the Conflict IV. The Impact of Timing on the Successful Adjudication of the Conflict V. Conclusion 5. Promoting Objective Peace through Human Rights Implementation I. Introduction II. The Importance of Political Willingness to Implement Human Rights III. The Devil is in the Detail: The Importance of Careful Drafting IV. Looking beyond the Wording of the Statute: Human Rights Bodies and their Powers V. Strategies for Better Human Rights Implementation VI. Conclusion 6. Protecting Human Rights and Promoting Subjective Peace I. Introduction II. Protecting Human Rights and Inducing Social and Psychological Change III. The Gap between the Legal and the Real: Making a Meaningful Change in People's Lives IV. Peace must be Built and be Seen to be Built V. Strategies for Promoting Subjective Feelings of Peace VI. Conclusion 7. Conclusion I. Introduction II. Informing the Liberal Peacebuilding Critique III. Getting from Peace in the Books to Peace on the Ground IV. The Need for Further Research

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Hadjigeorgiou brings an analytical robustness using the cases of Northern Ireland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, and South Africa to unpack post-violence societies ... Lawyers, sociologists, and peacebuilders will be able to draw a wealth of knowledge from her book. -- Mary Abura, Seoul National University * In Factis Pax * This book makes a significant contribution to the peacebuilding literature and offers practical advice for peacebuilders in a range of case types and roles. -- Mneesha Gellman, Emerson College * Nationalism and Ethnic Politics * The book offers a multi-faceted and nuanced picture on the role of human rights in peacebuilding and the requirements for its successful contribution to it ... this publication constitutes an important and original addition to the study of human rights in building peace. -- Vassilis Pergantis * The Cyprus Review *


Hadjigeorgiou brings an analytical robustness using the cases of Northern Ireland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, and South Africa to unpack post-violence societies ... Lawyers, sociologists, and peacebuilders will be able to draw a wealth of knowledge from her book. -- Mary Abura, Seoul National University * In Factis Pax *


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Nasia Hadjigeorgiou is an Assistant Professor in Transitional Justice and Human Rights at the University of Central Lancashire (Cyprus).

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