Post-conflict Situations and International Law
While there are established courses and literature on the jus ad bellum (use of force) and the jus in bello (international humanitarian law), the idea and content of a jus post bellum has only in recent years been the subject of intense debate. International interventions in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan, along with the development of peacekeeping to include peacebuilding (in Cambodia and the Congo for instance), have led to the on-going development of a legal framework to govern the post-conflict stage.
This module will endeavour to uncover, understand and evaluate the applicable law, which draws on elements of peacekeeping law, human rights law, humanitarian law, as well as general principles of international law. It will place legal problems within the wider legal and political debates about the changing nature of collective security and collective security law.