Global Study

2018 ◽  
pp. 738-750
Author(s):  
Radhika Coomaraswamy ◽  
Emily Kenney
Keyword(s):  
Security Council ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
United Nations Security Council ◽  
Transformative Justice ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Global Study ◽  
Implementation Gaps ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practice Implementation

This chapter examines the core recommendations set out in the report of the 2015 Global Study on the Implementation of United Nations Security Council 1325. Commissioned by the Security Council, the study was mandated to highlight examples of good practice, implementation gaps and challenges, as well as emerging trends and priorities for action. Drawing on three focus areas that emerged from the global study, this chapter considers the recommendations in the broader political context, in particular the global shift toward inclusive and sustainable peace and security. This chapter argues that providing transformative justice for women, ensuring gender-sensitive and inclusive conflict prevention strategies, and creating counterterrorism approaches which respect women’s autonomy and human rights are central to the WPS agenda. Moreover, it concludes that addressing women’s experiences during conflict requires a deeper analysis of the impact of new technologies of war on women.

15. Humanitarian Intervention and Peace Operations

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheena Chestnut Greitens
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Security Council ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
United Nations Security Council ◽  
Peace Operations ◽  
Post Cold War ◽  
Humanitarian Interventions ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Principles Of War ◽  
The Impact

This chapter deals with humanitarian interventions and peace operations. It first describes the transition from traditional peacekeeping to more ambitious post-cold war peace operations, paying attention to some of the difficulties of principle and practice that emerged in that transition. It then considers the politics of intervention and the constraints imposed by international and domestic politics, focusing on the politics of the United Nations Security Council and the impact of Western public opinion on humanitarian interventions. It also analyses the applicability of the main principles of war to peace operations and how these principles interact with political imperatives. The chapter concludes by discussing future challenges for peacekeeping and the effects of peacekeeping, taking into account the perspectives of the individuals and communities targeted by intervention and peacekeeping efforts.

The Impact of the UN Sanctions on the People of Iraq

1999 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denis J. Halliday
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Security Council ◽  
Well Being ◽  
United Nations Security Council ◽  
Human Face ◽  
Arab Region ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Impact

The impact of the sanctions regime imposed on Iraq by the member states of the United Nations Security Council since 1990 has many facets. The horrifying human face of malnutrition and death has, quite rightly, been given greatest media and other exposure, but other forms of damage are also severely felt. This article intends briefly to explore some aspects of the impact in an attempt to show a somewhat wider picture of the sanctions catastrophe. While the catastrophe is a thing of the present, it has potentially lasting consequences for the future, not only for the Iraqi people, but for the peace and well-being of the Arab region and the world as a whole.

scholarly journals The Impact of Sanctions against North Korea on Humanitarian Aid

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-52
Author(s):  
Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings ◽  
Lauren Harris
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Security Council ◽  
North Korea ◽  
Humanitarian Aid ◽  
United Nations Security Council ◽  
Republic Of Korea ◽  
International Organisations ◽  
Authoritarian State ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Humanitarian Work

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK, or North Korea) has been a recipient of international humanitarian aid from international organisations (IOs) and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) since 1995. In recent years, multilateral and unilateral sanctions in response to the DPRK’s nuclear programme have created a new layer of difficulty for humanitarians looking to engage with the authoritarian state. This paper explores how sanctions are affecting humanitarian work in practice, utilising interviews with practitioners. The research first surveys documentation, particularly from IOs, to establish how humanitarians understand contemporary need inside the country. Next, this paper examines the impacts of sanctions on aid efforts, with a particular focus on multilateral United Nations Security Council (UNSC) sanctions and unilateral American measures. Unpacking humanitarian challenges and potential ways to navigate the sanctions regime provides a foundation for academics and humanitarian practitioners to better understand both the DPRK and possible avenues for principled, effective aid.

scholarly journals New Directions in Women, Peace and Security

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
United Nations Security Council ◽  
War And Peace ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
International Policy ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Arms Trade ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Peace And Security ◽  
The Impact

What does gender equality mean for peace, justice, and security? At the turn of the 21st century, feminist advocates persuaded the United Nations Security Council to adopt a resolution that drew attention to this question at the highest levels of international policy. Today the Women, Peace and Security agenda is a complex field, relevant to every conceivable dimension of war and peace. This groundbreaking edited book engages vexed and vexing questions about the future of the agenda, from the legacies of coloniality to the prospects of international law, and from the implications of global arms trade to the impact of climate change. The collection balances analysis of emerging trends with specially-commissioned reflections from those at the forefront of policy and practice.

The Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace, and Security

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
International Organizations ◽  
United Nations Security Council ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Implementation Gap ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Peace And Security ◽  
Global Study ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
The Impact

The Oxford Handbook on Women, Peace, and Security examines the significant and evolving international Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda, which scholars and practitioners have together contributed to advancing over almost two decades. Fifteen years since the passage of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000), the WPS agenda has never been more salient on the agenda of states and international organizations. The Global Study of 1325 (“Preventing Conflict, Securing Peace”) commissioned by the UN Secretary-General and released in September 2015, however, found that there is a major implementation gap with respect to UNSCR 1325 that accounts for the gaping absence of women’s participation in peace and transitional decision-making processes. With independent, critical, and timely analysis by scholars, advocates, and policymakers across global regions, the Oxford Handbook synthesizes new and enduring knowledge, collectively taking stock of what has been achieved and what remains incomplete and unfinished about the WPS agenda. The handbook charts the collective way forward to increase the impact of WPS research, theory, and practice.

scholarly journals Brexit and the UN Security Council: declining British influence?

2019 ◽  
Vol 95 (6) ◽  
pp. 1349-1368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jess Gifkins ◽  
Samuel Jarvis ◽  
Jason Ralph
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Security Council ◽  
United Nations Security Council ◽  
Political Capital ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Decision To Leave ◽  
Elite Interviews ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

Abstract The United Kingdom's decision to leave the European Union has ramifications beyond the UK and the EU. This article analyses the impact of the Brexit referendum on the UK's political capital in the United Nations Security Council; a dimension of Brexit that has received little attention thus far. Drawing on extensive elite interviews we show that the UK has considerable political capital in the Council, where it is seen as one of the most effective actors, but the reputational costs of Brexit are tarnishing this image. With case-studies on the UK's role in Somalia and Yemen we show how the UK has been able to further its interests with dual roles in the EU and Security Council, and the risks posed by tensions between trade and human rights after Brexit. We also analyse what it takes to be influential within the Security Council and argue that more attention should be paid to the practices of diplomacy. Influence is gained via penholding, strong diplomatic skill and a well-regarded UN permanent representative. The UK accrues political capital as a leader on the humanitarian and human rights side of the Council's agenda, but this reputation is at risk as it exits the EU.

ASSESSING THE POTENTIAL OF NATIONAL ACTION PLANS TO ADVANCE IMPLEMENTATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1325

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 403-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aisling Swaine
Keyword(s):  
Security Council ◽  
United Nations Security Council ◽  
Security Council Resolution ◽  
Action Plans ◽  
High Expectations ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Change Factors ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Distinct Category ◽  
Effective Policy

Abstract‘Women, peace, security’ has now firmly emerged as a distinct category for attention by international law, international policy and programming approaches for governments and activists alike. UN Security Council Resolution 1325 is the pillar of this agenda and there is questionable evidence of whether the kind of reforms envisioned through SCR 1325 have truly taken place and whether progress, if any, has been made towards its implementation. High expectations are pinned to the more recent and related resolutions SCR1820 (2008), SCR1888 (2009) and SCR1889 (2009) recently adopted by the Security Council. Increasingly, the focus has been on the potential offered through the development of ‘action plans’ as possible ‘solutions’ to the current deficit. In this article action plans are examined and a snap-shot of the ways in which ‘National Action Plans for the implementation of SCR 1325’ are being developed and the increasing role they are playing in international debate on the theme of ‘women, peace and security’ is presented. The article argues that implementation of these resolutions requires reformist and radical interventions that create fundamental change. Factors affecting the potential of these plans to encompass this kind of approach are outlined, focusing on the process and content aspects of developing action plans. The article highlights that while action plans are generating positive incentives to compel states to act, caution is required before proclaiming them to be the ‘antidote’ to the existing gulf between the principles of the Resolution and effective policy response and implementation. Commentary on emerging trends and some suggestions on possible avenues for moving forward conclude the article.

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