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Challenges facing the African Union (AU) in the implementation of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) : a case study of the 2010/2011 intervention in Côte d’Ivoire
Mini-dissertation (MSecurity Studies)--University of Pretoria, 2015.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/44206 Challenges facing the African Union (AU) in the implementation of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) : a case study of the 2010/2011 intervention in Côte d’Ivoire Spies, Yolanda Kemp Abatan, Jeannine Ella Adénikè Responsibility to Protect African Union conflict resolution approach Peace and security on the African continent Conflict resolution on the African continent UCTD Mini-dissertation (MSecurity Studies)--University of Pretoria, 2015. Mass humanitarian atrocities – many of them perpetrated by governments against their own people – continue to wreak havoc across Africa. These crises demand decisive action by the African Union (AU), the intergovernmental organisation that presides over peace and security on the continent. Since its formation, the AU has established a set of norms and institutions that reflect the principles of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), and by its own declaration, has shifted its approach away from the notion of ‘non-interference’ (as espoused by its predecessor, the Organisation of African Unity) to a new position of ‘non-indifference’. However, despite its rhetorical commitment to the implementation of R2P, the AU’s handling of the 2010 Côte d’Ivoire crisis was so weak that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) authorised an intervention led by France. The incapacity of the AU to resolve the conflict raised questions about the organisation’s rhetoric of ‘African solutions to African problems’. This study analyses the AU’s handling of the Côte d’Ivoire crisis, and thereby implicitly investigates the organisation’s challenges in operationalizing the R2P in Africa. The methodology of an extensive literature survey is employed to gather evidence of conceptual and institutional deficiencies within the AU, and possible coordination problems between the AU, ECOWAS and the UNSC in their management of African conflicts. The purpose of the study is thus to contribute to the wider intellectual discourse on R2P operationalization, and specifically aimed at strengthening the AU’s ability to implement its own peace and security agenda. Political Sciences Unrestricted 2015-03-30T06:34:11Z 2015-03-30T06:34:11Z 2015-09 2015 Mini Dissertation Abatan, JEA 2015, Challenges facing the African Union (AU) in the implementation of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P): a case study of the 2010/2011 intervention in Côte d’Ivoire, Master thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/44206> S2015 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/44206 en © 2015 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Responsibility to Protect African Union conflict resolution approach Peace and security on the African continent Conflict resolution on the African continent UCTD Challenges facing the African Union (AU) in the implementation of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) : a case study of the 2010/2011 intervention in Côte d’Ivoire |
| title | Challenges facing the African Union (AU) in the implementation of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) : a case study of the 2010/2011 intervention in Côte d’Ivoire |
| title_full | Challenges facing the African Union (AU) in the implementation of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) : a case study of the 2010/2011 intervention in Côte d’Ivoire |
| title_fullStr | Challenges facing the African Union (AU) in the implementation of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) : a case study of the 2010/2011 intervention in Côte d’Ivoire |
| title_full_unstemmed | Challenges facing the African Union (AU) in the implementation of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) : a case study of the 2010/2011 intervention in Côte d’Ivoire |
| title_short | Challenges facing the African Union (AU) in the implementation of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) : a case study of the 2010/2011 intervention in Côte d’Ivoire |
| title_sort | challenges facing the african union au in the implementation of the responsibility to protect r2p a case study of the 2010 2011 intervention in cote d ivoire |
| topic | Responsibility to Protect African Union conflict resolution approach Peace and security on the African continent Conflict resolution on the African continent UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/44206 |