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Series 2, No. 7 (Winter 2002): Integrating Human Rights and Peace Work

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The war on terror in Afghanistan has raised awareness of the often divisive ethical decisions and tradeoffs local and international actors face in trying to establish peace and justice in conflict zones. In trouble spots across the globe today, from Northern Ireland to Sri Lanka, from Sierra Leone to Indonesia, human rights activists often have different perspectives and priorities than conflict resolution specialists and peace activists. Our Winter 2002 Human Rights Dialogue explores some of these tensions and offers suggestions for building more constructive relationships between the human rights and peace communities.

Articles

Introduction: Intregrating Human Rights and Peace Work - 03/25/02
Human rights activists often have different perspectives and priorities than conflict resolution specialists and peace activists. Our Winter 2002 Human Rights Dialogue explores some of these tensions and offers suggestions for building more constructive relationships between these communities.

Principle versus Pragmatism - 03/25/02
Christine Bell argues that in the case of Northern Ireland the division between human rights and “community relations” groups reflects a fundamental disagreement over the root causes of the conflict. Mari Fitzduff responds.
Author(s): Christine Bell, Mari Fitzduff

Taking the Reconciliatory Route - 03/25/02
Ivana Vuco describes the need for flexible human rights strategies in the search for peace and justice in the fragile democracy of Nigeria. Bonny Ibhawoh weighs in on this and the following article.
Author(s): Ivana Vuco, Bonny A. Ibhawoh

Challenging Restorative Justice - 03/25/02
Richard Wilson contends that the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission was not effective in creating a new culture of human rights. Vasuki Nesiah and Paul van Zyl provide a different perspective.
Author(s): Richard A. Wilson, Vasuki Nesiah, Paul van Zyl

Averting Violations through Conflict Prevention - 03/25/02
In an interview with Dialogue, Dayton Maxwell discusses imperatives for the international donor community.
Author(s): Dayton Maxwell

Mainstreaming Human Rights - 03/25/02
In an interview with Dialogue, Danilo Türk discusses the promise and challenge of integrating rights standards and practices into the UN's work in conflict prevention.
Author(s): Danilo Türk

Managing Conflict, Promoting Human Rights - 03/25/02
Based on the success of one South African NGO, Michelle Parlevliet finds that the resolution process is strengthened by an integrated approach.
Author(s): Michelle Parlevliet

Troubleshooting Difference - 03/25/02
In her work at the Center for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution at Tufts, Ellen Lutz advocates collaboration, not convergence, between the two fields.
Author(s): Ellen Lutz

Readers' Responses

Readers' Responses: Integrating Human Rights and Peacework - 12/30/02

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About Human Rights Dialogue

Human Rights Dialogue promotes a global discussion of human rights ideas and practices by presenting firsthand accounts of human rights issues as they arise within specific real-life contexts. In so doing, it helps to clarify the significant and ongoing evolution that is taking place within the human rights movement to make the human rights framework more relevant and effective in addressing the social, economic, and political challenges of the twenty-first century.

The entire publication is online, or you may purchase individual print copies.

Series One (1993–1998)examines all sides of the Asian values debate—the argument that Asian cultural values imply different human rights standards and priorities from those in the West.

Series Two(2000–2005)addresses the problem of the “human rights box”—the constraints that have enabled the human rights framework to gain currency among elites while limiting its advance among the most vulnerable. Specifically, the essays aim to locate the barriers to greater public legitimacy of human rights and to demonstrate how those barriers can be overcome.