Peacebuilding in the African Union: Law, Philosophy and Practice - Hardcover

Jeng, Abou

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107015219 ISBN 13: 9781107015210

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Book Description:

This book is the first to examine the interfaces between international law, peacebuilding and the African Union. Through case studies it assesses the capacity of the African Union's peacebuilding framework and its ability to provide alternative approaches to conflicts in Africa.

About the Author:

Dr Abou Jeng is a human rights lawyer and Research Fellow at the Centre for Human Rights in Practice, University of Warwick. His current research focuses on human rights and disaster risk reduction, constitutional governance, globalisation and refugee law.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1107015219
• ISBN 13: 9781107015210
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352