Human Rights and Conflict Resolution in Context: Colombia, Sierra Leone, and Northern Ireland (Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0815632053 ISBN 13: 9780815632054

Publisher: Syracuse University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Preventing sweeping human rights violations or wars and rebuilding societies in their aftermath require an approach encompassing the perspectives of both human rights advocates and practitioners of conflict resolution. While these two groups work to achieve many of the same goals—notably to end violence and loss of life—they often make different assumptions, apply different methods, and operate under different values and institutional constraints. As a result, they may adopt conflicting or even mutually exclusive approaches to the same problem.

Eileen F. Babbitt and Ellen L. Lutz have collected groundbreaking essays exploring the relationship between human rights and conflict resolution. Employing a case study approach, the contributing authors examine three areas of conflict—Sierra Leone, Colombia, and Northern Ireland—from the perspectives of participants in both the peace-making and human rights efforts in each country. By spotlighting the role of activists and reflecting on what was learned in these cases, this volume seeks to push scholars and practitioners of both conflict resolution and human rights to think more creatively about the intersection of these two fields.

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About the Author

<b>Eileen F. Babbitt</b> is professor of practice in international conflict management and codirector of the Center for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. <b>Ellen L. Lutz</b> is executive director of Cultural Survival in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Edition details

• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0815632053
• ISBN 13: 9780815632054
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368
• Editor: Babbitt Eileen F., Lutz Ellen