The Right to Internal Self-Determination in Peacebuilding Processes: A Reinterpretation of the Concept of Local Ownership from a Legal Perspective
Journal Title: The Age of Human Rights Journal - Year 2017, Vol 8, Issue 8
Abstract
I. INTRODUCTION; II. A RIGHT NEEDS TO BE EXPLORED: INTERNAL SELF-DETERMINATION; II.1. The Legal Foundations of Internal Self-Determination; II.2. The Right to Internal SelfDetermination: Definition, Scope and Methods; II.3. The Relationship between Internal and External Self-Determination Rights; III. INTERNAL SELF-DETERMINATION IN A PEACEBUILDING CONTEXT: LOCAL OWNERSHIP?; III.1. The Scope of Peacebuilding Operations and its Growing Relationship with the Concept of Internal Self-Determination; III.2. Local Ownership as a Legal Obligation for the UN: The Application of Internal Self-Determination to the Peacebuilding Context; III.3. Local Ownership as a Hard Task for the UN: the Challenges of Application with relation to the Identification of Local Actors; IV. THE CASE OF THE CONGO: EXCLUSION OF LOCAL OWNERSHIP FROM THE PEACEBUILDING PROCESS; IV.1. A story of failure: Where is Local in the Congo Peace Process?; IV.2. Ignorance of Local Actors as a Violation of Internal Self-Determination: Is this a UN ‘Peacebuilding Culture’? ; V. CONCLUSION.
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Ebru Demir
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