This book analyses the UN’s Agenda 2030 and reveals that progress is lagging on all five interlocking and interdependent themes that are discussed: conflict prevention, development, peace, justice and human rights. Many voices have already been raised, including that of the UN Secretary-General that the Sustainable Development Goals will not be met by 2030 unless there is a re-doubling of efforts. Still, on development as such, there is much striving. The book puts the concept of preventive diplomacy into all of the issues of modern international relations, from the US/China confrontation to the various conflicts bedeviling Africa. It bridges the two worlds of the international relations specialist on the one hand and that of the academic interested in UN affairs on the other hand. There is normally little contact between those two specializations. The authors have taken several current issues to show how the millennium debates and the SDG targets are relevant to "realist school" conflicts, and that there is work under way to operationalize ideas and theories in this respect. This is the first ever discussion of the conflict prevention dimension in the UN’s Agenda 2030 which seeks to advance sustainable development with a view to reinforcing peace and justice on the foundations of respect for universal human rights.
Author(s): Bertrand Ramcharan, Robin Ramcharan
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 166
Tags: Sources And Subjects Of International Law, International Organizations
Foreword......Page 5
Preface......Page 8
References......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 15
Contents......Page 16
About the Authors......Page 19
Abbreviations......Page 20
Chapter 1: Introduction......Page 21
References......Page 33
2.1 Introduction......Page 35
2.2.1 Development and Conflict Prevention......Page 37
2.2.2 Peace and Conflict Prevention......Page 42
2.2.3 Justice and Conflict Prevention......Page 44
2.3 Equitable and Effective Institutions and Conflict Prevention......Page 46
2.4.1 Cooperation in Support of the Implementation of SDG 16......Page 48
2.4.2 Monitoring and Evaluation......Page 49
2.5 Conclusion......Page 54
References......Page 56
3.2 Climate Change......Page 57
3.3 Weapons of Mass Destruction......Page 62
3.3.1 Nuclear Weapons: The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty......Page 63
3.3.3 Biological Weapons: Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Bio.........Page 64
3.3.4 Chemical Weapons......Page 65
3.3.5 Agenda for Disarmament (2018)......Page 66
3.4.1 International Norms Against Terrorism......Page 67
3.4.2 Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism......Page 68
3.4.3 International Cooperation for the Prevention of Terrorism......Page 69
3.4.4 United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism......Page 72
3.5 Conclusion......Page 73
References......Page 74
4.1 Introduction......Page 75
4.2 Preventing Conflict Between China and the U.S.......Page 76
4.2.1 Risks......Page 78
4.2.2 Guiding Principles?......Page 84
4.2.3.1 Strategic and Economic Dialogues......Page 89
4.2.3.3 Human Rights Dialogues......Page 90
4.3 Can the UN Secretary-General and the Security Council Help Neutralise the Thucydides Trap?......Page 91
4.4 Preventing Conflict Between Russia and the U.S.......Page 92
4.5 Conclusion......Page 96
References......Page 98
5.2.1 The Economic and Social Track......Page 100
5.2.2 The Political Track......Page 101
5.2.5 UNOCA......Page 103
5.2.6 UNRCCA......Page 104
5.3 The African Union and Sub-regional African Organizations......Page 108
5.3.1 IGAD´s CEWARN......Page 111
5.4.1 ASEAN......Page 114
5.4.2 OAS......Page 118
5.4.3 OSCE......Page 119
5.5 Conclusion......Page 121
References......Page 123
6.1 Introduction......Page 124
6.2.1 ICRC Visits to Prisons and Places of Detention......Page 125
6.2.3 The Efforts of UN Human Rights Special Procedures (Investigators and Analysts)......Page 126
6.2.5 The Good Offices of the UN Secretary-General......Page 127
6.2.6 The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights......Page 128
6.2.7 The UN Human Rights Council and Its President......Page 130
6.2.8 The Prevention of Genocide......Page 131
6.2.9 Protecting Human Rights Defenders......Page 133
6.2.10 Special Mandates on Children and Armed Conflict; Women, Peace and Security; Protection of Women Against Sexual Violence......Page 134
6.2.13 Assessment......Page 135
6.3 Human Rights Up Front Initiative......Page 136
6.4 Efforts Underway to Develop the Preventive Role of the UN Human Rights Council......Page 138
6.5 Conclusion......Page 140
References......Page 142
Chapter 7: A Global Watch Over Human Security......Page 144
7.1 The Idea of a Comprehensive Global Watch Over Human Security......Page 146
7.1.1 National Watches Over Human Security......Page 148
7.2 The Security Council´s Role in Supporting a Global Watch Over Human Security......Page 149
7.3 United Nations Diplomacy in Support of a Global Watch Over Human Security......Page 151
7.4 Conclusion......Page 152
References......Page 154
Chapter 8: Conclusion: Towards Enhanced Conflict Prevention......Page 155
Reference......Page 161
Index......Page 162
