Fact Sheet: Democracy and Human rights in the Paris Peace Agreements

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Fact Sheet ◽  
Peace Agreements

scholarly journals Impresiones y retos para la construcción de paz desde el Comité de Integración del Macizo Colombiano (cima): fragmento de entrevista con César William Díaz Morales, líder social del proceso campesino caucano

2018 ◽  
pp. 247-262
Author(s):  
Edilberto Vergara Arguello
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Peace Building ◽  
Derechos Humanos ◽  
Peace Agreements ◽  
Peasant Movement

El siguiente fragmento hace parte de la entrevista con un líder social campesino del departamento del Cauca, y pretende exponer algunas reflexiones frente al Acuerdos de Paz, firmado entre el Estado Colombiano y las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia FARC-EP. Se abordan temas sobre Derechos Humanos, retos y propuestas sobre construcción de paz desde la organización campesina, Comité de Integración del Macizo Colombiano CIMA, en el departamento del Cauca, Colombia, entre otros.   Perceptions and Challenges for Peace-building from the Perspective of the Integration Committee of the Colombian Massif (CIMA). Fragment of an Interview with a Social Leader of the Peasant Movement in Cauca (Colombia) Abstract: The following fragment of an interview with a peasant social leader from the department of Cauca aims to present reflections on the process of implementation of the Peace Agreements signed between the Colombian State and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia FARC-EP (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia). Human Rights, challenges and proposals on peacebuilding are addressed from the perspective of the peasant organization Comité de Integración del Macizo Colombiano CIMA (Integration Committee of the Colombian Massif) in the department of Cauca, Colombia. Keywords: Peace Agreements, Humans Rights, peacebuilding, peasants.

Peace Agreements: Their Nature and Legal Status

2006 ◽  
Vol 100 (2) ◽  
pp. 373-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Bell
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil Wars ◽  
Security Council ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Human Rights Abuses ◽  
Negotiated Settlement ◽  
Peace Agreements ◽  
Guidelines And Recommendations

The last fifteen years have seen a proliferation of peace agreements. Some 50 percent of civil wars have terminated in peace agreements since 1990, more than in the previous two centuries combined, when only one in five resulted in negotiated settlement. Numerically, these settlements amount to over three hundred peace agreements in some forty jurisdictions. International standards have even begun to regulate peace agreements. United Nations guidelines, guidelines and recommendations of the secretary-general, and Security Council resolutions have all normatively addressed peace agreements: both the processes by which they are negotiated and their substance, particularly with relation to accountability for past human rights abuses.

scholarly journals Human rights in territorial peace agreements

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (04) ◽  
pp. 527-549
Author(s):  
Nina Caspersen
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Cold War ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Post Cold War ◽  
Peace Agreements ◽  
Territorial Conflicts ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Liberal Peace ◽  
International Peacebuilding

AbstractJustice and peace are commonly seen as mutually reinforcing, and key international peacebuilding documents stress the importance of human rights. Is this apparent normative shift reflected in post-Cold War peace agreements? The existing literature is divided on this issue but has crucially treated both conflicts and peace agreements as aggregate categories. This article argues that the conflict type and the agreement's ‘core deal’ impact on the inclusion, or exclusion, of human rights provisions. Based on new coding of the 29 comprehensive agreements signed between 1990 and 2010, it compares agreements signed in territorial and non-territorial conflicts, and agreements with and without territorial autonomy. Qualitative Comparative Analysis is used to examine the different combinations of conditions that led to the inclusion of human rights. The analysis finds that agreements signed in territorial conflicts are significantly less likely to include effective human rights provisions, especially if the settlement includes territorial autonomy. Moreover, such provisions tend to be the result of high levels of international involvement, and the consequent lack of local commitment, or outright resistance, undermines their implementation. These findings point to important trade-offs between group rights and individual rights, and qualifies the notion of a liberal peace.

Including Minority Rights in Peace Agreements: A Benefit or Obstacle to Peace Processes after Ethnic Conflicts?

2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 359-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tina Kempin Reuter
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Minority Rights ◽  
Ethnic Conflicts ◽  
Peace Processes ◽  
Peace Agreements

Dealing effectively and efficiently with minorities and minority problems in the aftermath of ethnic conflict is central to durable and stable peace. The inclusion of minority rights in peace agreements is seen as a mandatory step in the resolution of the conflict and political stability. While references to human rights and minority rights are common, it is the implementation process that often lacks clarity and thoroughness. On the basis of three case studies, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, and Kosovo, this study examines how human rights and minority rights provisions are put into practice and how they impact the peace process. Findings suggest that the inclusion of minority rights is only beneficial in cases in which relevant institutions and adequate political and civil society support were established to implement the provisions. Formal reference to ethnic problems or minority rights is not sufficient.

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