No Entry Without Strategy: Building the Rule of Law under UN Transitional Administration by Carolyn Bull

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The importance of establishing the rule of law is now well recognised by international actors seeking to consolidate peace and democracy in disrupted states. Yet this goal has proven frustratingly elusive. UN peace operations have struggled to ensure lasting security against violence and to build legitimate state structures to redress disputes peacefully. It has proven even harder to instill principles of governance that promote accountability to the law, protect against abuse and generate trust in the state.

In championing such goals, UN state-building missions have pitched against the odds. Beyond the complicated tasks of reforming laws, judiciaries and police forces, UN missions have confronted a fundamental dilemma: if embedding the rule of law rests on complex political and social transformations regarding conflict, power and the state, is there a role for external actors?

This book investigates the challenges faced by UN transitional administrations in establishing the rule of law in Cambodia, Kosovo and East Timor. In so doing, it explores conceptual understandings of the UN's state-building agenda and speaks to broader questions about the role of external actors in disrupted states.

About the Author:
Carolyn Bull is the head of the Australian Agency for International Development in China. Based in Beijing, she oversees Australia's aid to China, Mongolia and North Korea

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