preventive diplomacy

Question 1

2 important mechanisms

Answer 1

ICJ and preventive diplo

Question 2

ICJ role

Answer 2

supposed to facilitate peaceful change by acting deeper (by imposing criminal responsibility directly upon individuals regardless of the national law)

Question 3

ICJ aim

Answer 3

to deter actors from resorting to violence in the short term but aspires to undermine the legal and moral legitimacy of using force for settling disputes in the long term

Question 4

preventive diplo

Answer 4

meant to assist the peaceful evolution of the international order by anticipating threats to peace and security and eliminating them before they take place, both in the short and long term. Its a founding premis of the UN and was first articulated by Secretary General Dag hammarskojld.

Question 5

The expansion of the scope of preventive diplomacy from ‘ good offices” and mediation to peacekeeping and peacebuilding begs questions that conclude…

Answer 5

the latter two activities require a different set of skills which generally fall outside the realm of diplomatic competences

Question 6

The expansion of preventive diplomacy to the full spectrum of conflict prevention measures reflects…

Answer 6

the changing nature of diplomacy in view of security issues, such as fragile or failed states, terrorism, organized crime, environmental threats, etc.

Question 7

Building peace requires

Answer 7

diplomats to implement and negotiate agreements and decisions because it might be renegotiated at implementation by the parties. This is why there has been a growing appeal of the idea of training. eg. guerilla and expeditionary diplomats

Question 8

Preventive measures aim at

Answer 8

correcting direct and structural causes of conflict.

Question 9

direct prevention

Answer 9

aims to reduce or eliminate the immediate causes of violence, short term agenda eg. ceasefire, peacekeeping, disarmament and aims to reduce or eliminate the immediate causes of violence between parties

Question 10

structural prevention

Answer 10

longer-term perspective and aims to provide a more comprehensive solution to the causes of conflict (eg. democratization, econo dev, etc)

Question 11

mediation vs. peacebuilding vs. peacekeeping

Answer 11

directs sources of conflict, peacebuilding takes care of structural ones, while peacekeeping falls somewhere in between.

Question 12

What is the most successful preventive diplomacy in any conflict ridden area?

Answer 12

there is growing consensus in which both types of prevention, direct and structural, work in tandem is the best

Question 13

key institution for preventive diplomacy

Answer 13

International Criminal Court (ICC), the first permanent, treaty-based criminal court with international jurisdiction over the most serious crimes of concern to the international community.