Reading Assignment
Main literature:
" Promoting Peace Through International Law"
Edited by Cecilia Marcela Bailliet and Kjetil Mujezinovic Larsen
http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198722731.001.0001/acprof-9780198722731
The Table of Contents of the Book forming the new syllabus is as follows (Chapters 1,2,3, 4,8,9, 11, 12, 14, 13, 16 and 17 will be assigned, 232 pages total):
Part I
1. The normative scope of peace and its exceptions Cecilia Bailliet & Kjetil M. Larsen
2. The politics of peace and law: Realism, internationalism and the cosmopolitan challenge, Kristoffer Liden and Henrik Syse
3. Normative foundation of the international law of peace, Cecilia M. Bailliet
7: Human rights violations and conflict risk - a theoretical and empirical assessment, Kjersti Skarstad.
8. Traps of violence: A human rights analysis of relationships between peace and development, Bard A. Andreassen
9. Environmentally sustainable development and peace: The role of international law, Christina Voigt
11. The potential of the Arms Trade Treaty to reduce violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law, Gro Nystuen and Kjolv Egeland
Part III Civil society participation in the promotion and safeguarding of peace
12. Non-discrimination and equality as the foundation of peace, Vibeke Blaker Strand
13. Refugees and Peace by Maja Janmyr
14. Barely begun: The inclusion of women as peacemakers, peacekeepers, and peacebuilders in international law and practice, Cornelia Weiss
Part IV Institutional implementation of peace
16. It's about trust: Transitional justice and accountability in the search for peace, Jemima Garcia-Godos
17. The role and contribution of international courts in furthering peace as an essential community interest, Gentian Zyberi