The European Union and Peacebuilding - Policy and Legal Aspects

Like conflict prevention and crisis management, 'peacebuilding' forms an integral part of the European Union's external policy efforts to break the cycle of conflict, insecurity and poverty. A concept developed in the context of the United Nations, the EU's Lisbon Treaty mentions 'post-conflict stabilisation' among the tasks which the EU is set to perform in the implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy. The Union's advance in this field has been universally welcomed by peacebuilding actors, especially since the EU's ongoing contributions in financial, technical and logistical terms in post-conflict areas have been couched in an increasing number of European Security and Defence Policy missions. The proliferation of the EU's institutional and operational mechanisms to build peace in post-conflict environments has led to a whole series of new policy and legal questions, which are addressed by leading practitioners and academics in this unique compilation. • Contributions take into account the final text of the Lisbon Treaty and the lessons learned from more than twenty military and civilian operations • Addresses policy and legal potential and limits, and outlines the parameters for future decision-making and capacity-building • Combines thematic contributions with concrete case studies, and offers insights into how the EU's peacebuilding tools are implemented in practice

Foreword Catherine Ashton; Preface and acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Making peace last: the EU's contribution to peacebuilding Steven Blockmans, Jan Wouters and Tom Ruys; Part I. EU Peacebuilding - General Perspectives: 1. EU peacebuilding: concepts, players and instruments Simon Duke and Aurélie Courtier; 2. The EU as a peacebuilder: actorness, potential and limits Nathalie Tocci; 3. EU enlargement as a peacebuilding tool Steven Blockmans; Part II. Working with Partners: 4. UN-EU cooperation in peacebuilding: natural partners? Catriona Gourlay; 5. The EU and the UN Peacebuilding Commission: a short account of how the EU presence has influenced the newest UN body Stefano Tomat and Cesare Onestini; 6. Cooperation between the EU and the AU in the field of peacebuilding Koen Vervaeke; 7. Convergence without cooperation? The EU and the OSCE in the field of peacebuilding David Galbreath; Part III. Peace and Security: 8. The European Union and security sector governance David Spence; 9. Strengthening security, building peace: the EU in the Democratic Republic of Congo Marta Martinelli; 10. The European Union and peacebuilding: the case of Chad Cees Wittebrood and Christophe Gadrey; 11. EU peacebuilding in Georgia: limits and achievements Michael Merlingen and Rasa Ostrauskaite; 12. The EU in Afghanistan: peacebuilding in a conflict setting Eva Gross; Part IV. Rule of Law, Democracy and Human Rights: 13. The EU and electoral support Patrick Dupont, Francesco Torcoli and Fabio Bargiacchi; 14. Mainstreaming human rights and gender into the Common Security and Defence Policy: the case of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia Hadewych Hazelzet; 15. EULEX Kosovo: walking a thin line, aiming for the rule of law Stephan Keukeleire and Robin Thiers; 16. The Aceh Monitoring Mission: securing peace and democracy Justin Davies; 17. The European Union and transitional justice Thomas Unger; Part V. Good Governance and Economic Development: 18. International trusteeship and democratic peacebuilding: the EU in the Balkans Tonny Brems Knudsen and Christian Axboe Nielsen; 19. A missed opportunity: state building in Bosnia and Herzegovina (October 2002 to October 2006) Michael Humphreys and Jasna Jelisic; 20. Meeting the challenge of state building: EU development policy and cooperation in post-conflict countries Philippe Darmuzey; 21. The EU and the Kimberley process: a new international actor for new international relations Stéphane Chardon; List of contributors; Index.