Peace Agreements or Pieces of Paper? The Impact of UNSC Resolution 1325 on Peace Processes and their Agreements

Christine Bell; Catherine O'Rourke

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Peace Agreements or Pieces of Paper? The Impact of UNSC Resolution 1325 on Peace Processes and their Agreements

Christine Bell, Catherine O'Rourke

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Abstract

On the 31 October 2000 UNSC Resolution 1325 was adopted. Theresolution provided for a range of measures aimed at the inclusion of womenin the prevention, management and resolution of conﬂict. In particular,several of the resolution’s provisions addressed the role of women andgender in peace negotiations and agreements. This article examines whetherand how Resolution 1325 has impacted on the drafting of peace agreements.We analyse explicit references to women and gender in peace agreementsfrom 1990 to 2010, providing a quantitative and qualitative assessment of theextent to which women and gender are addressed. We conclude by using ourﬁndings and analysis to address the relationship of feminist intervention tointernational law, and debates around the strategies and trade-offs whichunderlie feminist promotion and use of UN Security Council Resolutions inparticular.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	941-980
Journal	International and Comparative Law Quarterly
Volume	59
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S002058931000062X
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - Oct 2010

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Gender
Peace Agreements
Peace Processes
International Peace and Security

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