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Editorial Comment: Law and Negotiation in Conflict: Theory, Policy, Practice

Turner, C.

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The relationship between law and negotiation is increasingly at the forefront of the international agenda. International organisations whose role includes the mediation of peace, such as the Mediation Support Unit of the United Nations, and the European Union, are seeking to understand the relationship between mediation, law and justice in conflict and post conflict societies. While such organisations acknowledge that international law places normative constraints on the practice of peace making, they also recognise that key principles of mediation, such as consent, inclusivity and local ownership, are crucial to the success of negotiated peace processes (United Nations, 2012). These questions have risen to the top of international policy agendas, but there is little academic scrutiny of how the relationship between law and negotiation itself it to be negotiated (Kastner, 2015). Research to date has focused on discrete aspects of the relationship between law and negotiation, such as the role of human rights in peace agreements (Bell, 2000), or in setting transitional justice priorities (Bell 2008; Wierda, 2010). It has not addressed the overarching question of the relationship between law and negotiation that underpins these divisive issues. Binding norms as well as normative expectations serve to shape the mediation process. Yet while law can play a key role in providing guidance for peacemakers, and in providing legitimacy for peace agreements, it can also come into conflict with the political task of negotiation.

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Turner, C. (2016). Editorial Comment: Law and Negotiation in Conflict: Theory, Policy, Practice. Global Policy, 7(2), 256-260. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12336

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Feb 15, 2016
Online Publication Date Apr 28, 2016
Publication Date May 1, 2016
Deposit Date Mar 9, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Global Policy
Print ISSN 1758-5880
Electronic ISSN 1758-5899
Publisher Durham University
Peer Reviewed Not Peer Reviewed
Volume 7
Issue 2
Pages 256-260
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12336

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This is the accepted version of the following article: Turner, C. (2016), Editorial Comment: Law and Negotiation in Conflict: Theory, Policy and Practice. Global Policy, 7(2): 256-260, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12336. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.





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