PEACEKEEPING & INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE

OBJECTIVES Review goals of the UN and causes of

conflict. Define peacekeeping. Analyze the various roles of UN

peacekeepers.

WARM UP

Identify three reasons conflict may exist…

Resources Politics Values

REVIEWING CONFLICT Within 1 person?

Intrapersonal

2 or more groups? Intergroup

2 or more people? Interpersonal

Problem for everyone? Global Conflict

Within 1 group? Intragroup

Problem between 2 or more nations? International

UNITED NATIONS 3 Main Goals?

Membership & Structure?

Peace & Security HR & Freedoms Econ & Social

Progress

192 -loving, dues/troops

Gen Assembly, Security Council, Secretariat, ECOSOC, ICJ

GLOBAL SECURITY Peace & security

mandates

1992 Boutros Boutros-Ghali’s “An Agenda for Peace”

Help countries torn by conflict create conditions for sustainable peace

HOMEWORK REVIEW

Standing army? Definition? Principles?

Same? Consent and

Request? 4 Roles?

RULES

Sec Gen- Director Consent/Request

No Force(Self-defense)

No internal interference

No favoritism

“PEACEKEEPING” DEFINED Peacekeeping

Defined parties Conflict

escalating/over Keep est peace

Peacemaking Defined parties Midst of fighting End conflict and

forge peace treaty

Peacebuilding Undefined groups Midst fighting/anarchy No infrastructure No rule of law End conflict and rebuild

ground up

OPERATIONS

http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/currentops.shtml

THINK-PAIR-SHARE

Is UN peacekeeping effective? Is it necessary?

INTERNATIONAL LAW Body of legal rules & customs that regulate activities carried on beyond

borders of individual states

Lacks central govt with authority to enact legislation, arbitrate disputes, or

punish transgressors.

INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE Internatl Ct of Justice

Est 1945 by UN Charter

15 justices, 9 yr terms Settle disputes, Offer

legal advice Can’t try individuals

Tribunals & Special Courts Sec Cncl Resolutions War crimes, individuals

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INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE Internatl Criminal Court

Est 98/02“Rome Statute” 114 states, NOT the US

18 justices, 9 yr terms Independent of UN

Individuals accused of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity

5 investigations (Africa)8 arrest warrants = 1 arrest (Lubanga – DRC)

ACTIVITY – ICC READING Reflect – “Are international

courts violations of national sovereignty or should they trump national laws in our globalized world?”

CLOSURE What is the

difference between peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding?

Make – End conflict, est peace

Keep – Maintain ceasefire

Build – Normalize econ, social, poly relations