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UNU Book Lunch:
"No Entry without
Strategy Building the Rule of Law under UN Transitional Administration" by Carolyn Bull
Tuesday 20 May 2008- 1:00-3:00 pm Australian Mission to the United Nations
The importance of establishing the rule of law is now well recognized by international actors seeking to consolidate peace and democracy in disrupted states. Yet this goal has proven frustratingly elusive. UN peace operations have struggled to ensure lasting security against violence and to build legitimate state structures to redress disputes peacefully. It has proven even harder to instill principles of governance that promote accountability to the law, protect against abuse and generate trust in the state. In championing such goals, UN state-building missions have pitched against the odds. Beyond the complicated tasks of reforming laws, judiciaries and police forces, UN missions have confronted a fundamental dilemma: if embedding the rule of law rests on complex political and social transformations regarding conflict, power and the state, is there a role for external actors? This book investigates the challenges faced by UN transitional administrations in establishing the rule of law in Cambodia, Kosovo and East Timor. In so doing, it explores conceptual understandings of the UN’s state-building agenda and speaks to broader questions about the role of external actors in disrupted states. “The UN’s resources for keeping the peace and building states are being strained by so much peace to keep and so many fragile states to nurture and consolidate. In this significant contribution to the theory and practice of UN peacebuilding, a number of cases are studied to draw key lessons for establishing domestic and international order on the secure foundations of a robust rule of law.” Dr. Ramesh Thakur, Distinguished Fellow, The Centre for International Governance Innovation, and former Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations Carolyn Bull is the head of the Australian Agency for International Development in China. Based in Beijing, she oversees Australia’s aid to China, Mongolia and North Korea. She has a PhD in Politics from the University of New South Wales, Australia. For more information on the book, please visit UNU press page on http://www.unu.edu/unupress/ Speakers will include:
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