Implementing Negotiated Agreements - The Real Challenge to Intrastate Peace

Most intrastate peace agreements are implemented inadequately or not at all. This leads to renewed tensions and often to a resumption of armed conflict. This book examines why the record of implementation of peace agreements between governments and population groups within their state is so poor, and what is being and can be done to change this. Most of the authors write from first hand experience, having played major roles in the negotiation and implementation of intrastate peace agreements in different parts of the world. They provide unique insights into the difficulties faced by parties to peace agreements and explore ways to overcome these. The diversity of authors and of the peace processes in which they have been involved ensures a rich, new and important contribution to the understanding of intrastate peace processes. • Contains the professional and personal insights of key people who have implemented intrastate peace, giving the reader practical analysis as well as theory • Despite the fact that most armed conflicts today are intrastate, the literature available focuses on interstate conflicts • Contains the text of peace agreements and other documents referred to by the authors, making the book of great practical use

1. The implementation challenge in intrastate peace processes: an analysis Miek Boltjes; 2. Recurrent challenges to the implementation of intrastate peace agreements: the resistance of state authorities Fernand de Varennes; 3. Reflections on implementation mechanisms of selected autonomy, self-rule and similar arrangements John Packer; 4. The implementation of the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland Denis Haughey; 5. The discordant accord: challenges in the Implementation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord of 1997 Devasish Roy; 6. Challenges faced by Tibetans in reaching a lasting agreement with China Lodi G. Gyari; 7. From compromise to process: the implementation of the South Tyrolean autonomy Jens Woelk; 8. Third party involvement in the negotiation and implementation of intrastate peace agreements Geir Sjøberg; 9. The role of third parties in the negotiation and implementation of intrastate agreements: an experienced-based approach to UN Involvement in intrastate Conflicts Francesc Vendrell; 10. Implementing the framework agreement in Macedonia: the role of the international community Niek Biegman; 11. Adjudication of intrastate disputes: a review of possible mechanisms Wendy Miles; 12. The settlement of Treaty of Waitangi claims of Maori Groups in Aotearoa/New Zealand Morris Te Whiti Love.