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.

About this title

About the Author:

Eileen F. Babbitt 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. Ellen L. Lutz is executive director of Cultural Survival in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0815632053
• ISBN 13: 9780815632054
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 408
• Editor: Babbitt Eileen F., Lutz Ellen L.