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Procedural justice and global order: explaining African reaction to the application of global protection norms
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Abstract Persistent tensions between the international norm of state sovereignty and emerging human rights norms including the responsibility to protect and the protection of civilians during international peacekeeping raise the question of when and under what circumstances local and regional actors are more... view more
Persistent tensions between the international norm of state sovereignty and emerging human rights norms including the responsibility to protect and the protection of civilians during international peacekeeping raise the question of when and under what circumstances local and regional actors are more likely to respect global norms. These tensions are particularly stark in Africa. On the one hand, African states and regional organization were among the first proponents of liberal protection norms in the non-Western world. On the other hand, many African leaders view state sovereignty as indispensable. Building on established empirical justice research in neighboring fields, this paper makes an important contribution to the literature by demonstrating that African states are more likely to accept interventionist human rights norms when standards of procedural justice have been observed. The article demonstrates the relevance of procedural justice by examining the puzzle of divergent African reactions to two similar instances of regime change in Libya and the Ivory Coast that have been enforced by extra-continental actors in the name of global protection norms.... view less
Keywords
Africa; African Union; regulatory policy; constitutional state; conflict of objectives; sovereignty; military intervention; peacekeeping; foreign policy; human rights; case study; Libya; Ivory Coast
Classification
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Free Keywords
Schutzverantwortung; Peace operations; Ordnungspolitische außenpolitische Interessen; Rechtsstaatlichkeit; Äußere Souveränität; Internationale Norm
Document language
English
Publication Year
2017
Page/Pages
p. 809-832
Journal
European Journal of International Relations, 23 (2017) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1354066116681059
ISSN
1460-3713
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
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Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications