Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

A Lexicon

Edited by Vincent Chetail

First book to clarify and illuminate all the key aspects of post-conflict peacebuilding
Clear layout with a general introduction on the concept of post-conflict peacebuilding, followed by twenty-six essays on its key components, including capacity-building, security sector reform, and transitional justice
Contributions by thirty international experts in the field of peacebuilding

Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

A Lexicon

Edited by Vincent Chetail

Description

Post-Conflict Peacebuilding comes at a critical time for post-conflict peace building. Its rapid move towards the top of the international political agenda has been accompanied by added scrutiny, as the international community seeks to meet the multi-dimensional challenges of building a just and sustainable peace in societies ravaged by war. Beyond the strictly operational dimension, there is considerable ambiguity in the concepts and terminology used to discuss post-conflict peacebuilding. This ambiguity undermines efforts to agree on common understandings of how peace can be most effectively 'built', thereby impeding swift, coherent action. Accordingly, this lexicon aims to clarify and illuminate the multiple facets of post-conflict peacebuilding, by presenting its major themes and trends from an analytical perspective.

To this end, the book opens with a general introduction on the concept of post-conflict peacebuilding, followed by twenty-six essays on its key elements (including capacity-building, conflict transformation, reconciliation, recovery, rule of law, security sector reform, and transitional justice). Written by international experts from a range of disciplines, including political science and international relations, international law, economics, and sociology, these essays cover the whole spectrum of post-conflict peacebuilding. In reflecting a diversity of perspectives the lexicon sheds light on many different challenges associated with post-conflict peacebuilding. For each key concept a generic definition is proposed, which is then expanded through discussion of three main areas: the meaning and origin of the concept; its content and essential components; and its means of implementation, including lessons learned from past practice.

Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

A Lexicon

Edited by Vincent Chetail

Introduction: Post-Conflict Peacebuilding: Challenges and Ambiguities of a Concept in Search of Identity, Vincent Chetail
Capacity-building, Volker Türk
Civil-military Interface, Thierry Tardy
Civil Society, Thania Paffenholz
Conflict Economies, Achim Wennmann
Conflict Transformation, Laurent Goetschel
Democratic Governance, Rama Mani
Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR), Robert Muggah
Free and Fair Elections, Victor-Yves Ghebali
Human Security, Keith Krause
International Crimes, Louise Doswald-Beck
Local Ownership, Béatrice Pouligny
Mine Action, Davide Orifici and Suzanne Damman
Non-state Actors, Andrew Clapham
Peace Operations, Nigel White
Peace Process, Bertrand Ramcharan
Private Sector, Gilles Carbonnier
Reconciliation, Pierre Hazan
Recovery, Riccardo Bocco, Pierre Harrisson and Lucas Oesch
Reparation, Marco Sassòli
Responsibility to Protect, Daniel Warner and Gilles Giacca
Return and Reintegration, Vicky Tennant
Rule of Law, Vera Gowlland-Debbas and Vassilis Pergantis
Security Sector Reform, Heiner Hänggi
State-building, Marwa Daoudy
Transitional Administration, Richard Caplan
Transitional Justice, Anne-Marie La Rosa and Xavier Philippe

Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

A Lexicon

Edited by Vincent Chetail

Author Information

Dr. Vincent Chetail is Lecturer in Public International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva and Research Director at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Refugee Survey Quarterly and has been consultant for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for several years.

Contributors:

Riccardo Bocco - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Richard Caplan - Linacre College, Oxford
Gilles Carbonnier - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Vincent Chetail - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Andrew Clapham - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Suzanne Damman - Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Geneva
Marwa Daoudy - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Louise Doswald-Beck - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Victor-Yves Ghebali - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Gilles Giacca - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Laurent Goetschel - University of Basel
Vera Gowlland-Debbas - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Heiner Hänggi - Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces
Pierre Harrisson - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Pierre Hazan - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Jana Krause - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Keith Krause - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Anne-Marie La Rosa - International Committee of the Red Cross
Rama Mani - formerly of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo
Robert Muggah - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Lucas Oesch - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Davide Orifici - formerly of the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining
Thania Paffenholz - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Vassilis Pergantis - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Xavier Philippe - University Paul Cézanne - Aix-Marseille III
Béatrice Pouligny - Centre for International Studies and Research, Paris
Bertrand Ramcharan - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Marco Sassòli - University of Geneva
Thierry Tardy - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Vicky Tennant - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Volker Türk - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Daniel Warner - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Achim Wennmann - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Nigel White - University of Sheffield