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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462727903321

Autore

Jeng Abou

Titolo

Peacebuilding in the African Union : law, philosophy and practice / / Abou Jeng [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012

ISBN

1-139-88856-0

1-139-56432-3

1-283-57493-4

1-139-55076-4

9786613887382

1-139-05778-2

1-139-55572-3

1-139-55201-5

1-139-54951-0

1-139-55447-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 334 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

341.7/3096

Soggetti

Peace-building - Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Towards an introduction -- International law and the Third World -- Violence and conflicts in Africa -- International law responses to conflicts -- the genesis of the African Union -- Philosophy and structures of the African Union -- The African Union peacebuilding travails in Burundi -- The African Union and peacebuilding in Somalia -- Towards an African Union philosophy on peacebuilding?

Sommario/riassunto

Particularly in the context of internal conflicts, international law is frequently unable to create and sustain frameworks for peace in Africa. In Peacebuilding in the African Union, Abou Jeng explores the factors which have prevented such steps forward in the interaction between the international legal order and postcolonial Africa. In the first work of its kind, Jeng considers whether these limitations necessitate recasting the existing conceptual structure and whether the Constitutive Act of the



African Union provides exactly this opportunity through its integrated peace and security framework. Through the case studies of Burundi and Somalia, Jeng examines the structures and philosophy of the African Union and assesses the capacity of its practices in peacemaking. In so doing, this book will be of great practical value to scholars and legal practitioners alike.