Human Rights and Conflict Transformation
Title | Human Rights and Conflict Transformation |
Publication Type | Book |
Subtitle / Series Title | The Challenges of Just Peace |
Year of Publication | 2010 |
Authors | Babbitt, EF, Darweish, M, Diez, T, Dudouet, V, García-Durán, M, Gomes-Mugumya, A, Nderitu, A, Parlevliet, M, Pia, E, Schmelzle, B |
Volume | Berghof Handbook Dialogue No 9 |
Number of Pages | 113 pp. |
Publisher | Berghof Conflict Research/ Berghof Forschungszentrum für konstruktive Konfliktbearbeitung Berlin |
City | Berlin |
ISBN | 978-3-941514-00-3 |
Accession Number | 1499 |
Abstract | Contributors to this Dialogue aim to go beyond the divide and polarising language of \"peace versus justice\" in order to gain a clearer understanding of the potential - and limits - of bringing together human rights and conflict transformation in specific contexts. Drawing evidence from contexts such as Nepal, South Africa, Israel/Palestine, Uganda and Colombia, they argue that a more thorough emphasis on human rights - as causes and manifestation of conflicts, but also as normative and practical intervention tools - contributes to bringing conflict transformation closer to its aim of tackling conflicts at their deepest roots. The lead author and respondents engage in a rich dialogue on areas of tensions as well as complementarity between the two sets of practices: they encourage mutual learning and joint work, and stress the importance of locally-designed, timely and context-specific initiatives, as well as the hard-nosed analysis of political context and use of human rights and conflict transformation discourses. Overview of the Contents: |
URL | http://www.berghof-foundation.org/publications/handbook/berghof-handbook-for-conflict-transformation/ |