PEACEKEEPING & INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE

OBJECTIVES

Review goals of the UN and causes of conflict.

Define peacekeeping and analyze the various roles of UN peacekeepers.

Explore the types of International Courts that have been created to handle special issues like war crimes and genocides.

WARM UP

Identify three reasons conflict may exist…

Resources Politics Values

UNITED NATIONS REVIEW

3 Main Goals?

Membership & Structure?

Peace & Security HR & Freedoms Econ & Social

Progress

193 -loving, dues/troops

Gen Assembly, Security Council, Secretariat, ECOSOC, ICJ

GLOBAL SECURITY

Peace & security mandates

1992 Boutros Boutros-Ghali’s “An Agenda for Peace”

DPKO Help countries torn by

conflict create conditions for sustainable peace

HOMEWORK REVIEW

Standing army? Definition? Principles?

Same? Consent and

Request? 4 Roles?

RULES: UN PK OPS: PRINCIPLES & GUIDELINES2008

Sec Gen- Director Consent/Request

No Force (Authorized or Self-

defense) Impartiality

http://www.peacekeepingbestpractices.unlb.org/Pbps/Library/Capstone_Doctrine_ENG.pdf

“PEACEKEEPING” DEFINED

Peacemaking Defined parties Verge /Midst of

fighting End conflict and

forge peace treaty

Peacekeeping Defined parties Monitor & observe

est peace agreements

Peacebuilding Undefined groups Midst fighting/anarchy End conflict and rebuild

ground up (economic, social, political, structural)

OPERATIONS

http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm

THINK-PAIR-SHARE

Is UN peacekeeping effective? Is it necessary?

INTERNATIONAL LAW

Body of legal rules & customs that regulate activities carried on beyond

borders of individual states

INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE

Internatl Ct of Justice UN Charter 15 justices, 9 yr terms Settle disputes, Offer legal

advice Can’t try individuals

Tribunals & Special Courts Sec Cncl Resolutions War crimes, individuals Life terms, No death

penalty

http://www.wardondonfilm.com/trailer

INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE

Internatl Criminal Court Est 98/02“Rome Statute”

122 states, NOT the US 18 justices, 9 yr terms Independent of UN

Individuals accused of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity

8 investigations (all in Africa)22 arrest warrants = 5 in custody1st trial was Lubanga (DRC) – guilty now appealing

http://www.choices.edu/resources/scholarsonline/davis/dd9.php

CLOSURE

What is the difference between peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding?

Make – End conflict, est peace

Keep – Maintain ceasefire

Build – Normalize econ, social, poly relations to prevent recurrence

HOMEWORK: WIKI POST

“Are international courts violations of national sovereignty or should they trump national laws in the interest of global justice?”