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The governance of post-conflict territories embodies a central contradiction: how does one help a population prepare for democratic governance and the rule of law by imposing a form of benevolent autocracy? Transitional administrations represent the most complex operations attempted by the United Nations. The operations in East Timor and Kosovo are commonly seen as unique in the history of the UN--perhaps never to be repeated. But they may also be seen as the latest in a series of operations that have involved the United Nations in 'state-building' activities, where it has attempted to develop the institutions of government by assuming some or all of those sovereign powers on a temporary basis. The circumstances that have demanded such interventions certainly will be repeated. Seen in the context of earlier UN operations, such as those in Namibia, Cambodia, and Eastern Slavonia, the view that these exceptional circumstances may not recur is somewhat disingenuous. Moreover, the need for such policy research has been brought into sharp focus by the weighty but ambiguous role assigned to the UN in Afghanistan and the possibility of a comparable role in Iraq. This book fills that gap. Aimed at policy-makers, diplomats, and a wide academic audience (including international relations, political science, international law, and war studies), the book provides a concise history of UN state-building operations and a treatment of the five key issues confronting such an operation on the ground: peace and security, the role of the UN as government, judicial reconstruction, economic reconstruction, and exit strategies.

This is the first comprehensive treatment of the reasons why international organizations have engaged in territorial administration. The book describes the role of international territorial administration and analyses the various purposes associated with this activity, revealing the objectives which territorial administration seeks to achieve.

This superbly edited volume addresses the question of what has been accomplished and what lessons have been learned from ten years of peace operations in post-conflict societies.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations is a unique figure in world politics. At once civil servant, the world's diplomat, lackey of the UN Security Council, and commander-in-chief of up to a hundred thousand peacekeepers, he or she depends on states for both the legitimacy and resources that enable the United Nations to function. The tension between these roles - of being secretary or general - has challenged every incumbent. This book brings together the insights of senior UN staff, diplomats and scholars to examine the normative and political factors that shape this unique office with particular emphasis on how it has evolved in response to changing circumstances such as globalization and the onset of the 'war on terror'. The difficulties experienced by each Secretary-General reflect the profound ambivalence of states towards entrusting their security, interests or resources to an intergovernmental body.

"At the end of the 20th century, and at the dawn of the 21st, the United Nations was tasked with the administration of justice in territories placed under its executive authority, an undertaking for which there was no established precedent or doctrine. Examining the UN's legal and judicial reform efforts in Kosovo and East Timor, this volume argues that rather than helping to establish a sustainable legal system, the UN's approach detracted from it, as it confused ends with means."--Publisher's description.

Provides an analytical framework and operational approaches needed for the implementation of results-based accountability. This volume covers: performance based accountability, e-government, legal and institutional framework to hold government to account; fighting corruption; and external accountability.

How do rule of law programs contribute to conflict management? What strategies best address the challenges to securing the rule of law in fragile countries? What place do rule of law policies have in efforts to achieve stable and equitable development?The authors of Civil War and the Rule of Law address these fundamental questions, analyzing rule of law programs in the context of conflict prevention, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding activities. Throughout the book, they emphasize the critical relationship linking the rule of law, security, development, and human rights.Agnes Hurwitz is in the Office of the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. In 2004?2006 she headed the Rule of Law Project at the International Peace Academy. Reyko Huang, formerly a program officer at the International Peace Academy, is a doctoral candidate in political science at Columbia University.Contents: Civil War and the Rule of Law: Toward Security, Development, and Human Rights?A. Hurwitz. The Rule of Law: Conceptual Perspectives. Exploring the Rule of Law in Theory and Practice?R. Mani. Invoking the Rule of Law: International Discourses?B. Rajagopal. Conflict Prevention, Peacekeeping, and Peacebuilding. Conflict Prevention and the Rule of Law: Rhetoric and Reality?C.L. Sriram. UN Peacekeeping Operations and Rule of Law Programs?W.G. O?Neill. Transitional Codes: Laying the Foundation of the Rule of Law?C. Rausch and V. O?Connor. Transfer of Authority in Postconflict Operations: The Trope of Ownership?S. Chesterman. Addressing the Past: Reparations for Gross Human Rights Abuses?P. de Greiff. Linking Security, Development, and Human Rights. Beyond Restitution: Housing, Land, Property, and the Rule of Law?A. Hurwitz. Corruption: A Rule of Law Agenda?M. O?Donnell. Toward the International Rule of Law: Economic Instruments and Collective Security?L.B. de Chazournes. Counterterrorism and the Rule of Law?R. Huang. Conclusion. Conclusion?A. Hurwitz.

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