Martin Wählisch Imperfect Peace Hardcover sku-844801172

Martin Wählisch's Peacemaking, Power-sharing and International Law: Imperfect Peace is a hardcover monograph in International Law Books (sku-844801172). It examines tensions between peacemaking and international human rights law through postconflict power-sharing in Lebanon and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

From a practitioner-scholarly perspective and drawing on new authentic sources, it considers the United Nations and human rights bodies' debate over the 'imperfect peace.' It describes how peace agreements and post-conflict constitutions manage ethnic or religious diversity, explains the limits imposed by international human rights law, and offers a framework for studying law and peacemaking.

The book argues that the content and negotiation of these agreements and constitutions must be considered alongside the passage of time to understand the legal limits of statebuilding after armed conflict. It is intended for scholars of human rights law and peace and conflict studies, peace-process advisers, constitution-makers, and mediators.