Norms, persuasion and practice:landmine monitorand civil society

Autor: Kjell Erling Kjellman
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: Third World Quarterly. 24:955-965
ISSN: 1360-2241
0143-6597
DOI: 10.1080/0143659032000132957
Popis: This article reviews the first four editions of the annual Landmine Monitor Report and examines its role as a civil society-initiated tool for monitoring the implementation of the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty.' The passage of the Mine Ban Treaty has been hailed as one of the most momentous events in the annals of humanitarian assistance. The signing of the Ottawa Treaty in December 1997 was the culmination of a process that was-and continues to be-unprecedented in many ways. Mobilising a unique partnership of civil society actors and governments, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) was instrumental in helping to establish the concept of human security-recasting security in humanitarian rather than purely military terms-and in providing a legal and normative framework for the eradication of anti-personnel landmines. The passage of the
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