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- Title
Combating Corruption to Counter Conflict: Proposals for In-country Reform and International Community Intervention.
- Authors
Ivanhoe, Hana; Aziz, Zulaikha
- Abstract
Systemic corruption contributes to economic inequality, political instability, human rights violations and, ultimately, inter- and intrastate conflict. For this reason, among others, the failure to meaningfully address and ameliorate endemic corruption tends to lead to an eventual resurgence of conflict, despite peacebuilding efforts. Furthermore, peacebuilding efforts that fail to take into account the adverse effects of such corruption may in fact contribute to that resurgence of conflict, rather than prevent it as they portend to do. This Article closely examines the conflicts and efforts at peacebuilding in Afghanistan and Myanmar as case studies to determine the best roadmap for combatting corruption in both the post conflict and peacebuilding phases, thereby helping to ensure sustainable peace that will not easily devolve into conflict. Ultimately, it proposes a two-pronged approach for post conflict peacebuilding that requires both (1) domestic rule of law reforms that are specifically tailored to the unique political development needs and corruption dynamics of that particular domestic jurisdiction and (2) a comprehensive normative framework to guide non-state actors in their interventions into conflict-sensitive countries.
- Subjects
AFGHANISTAN; MYANMAR; CORRUPTION; POLITICAL stability; HUMAN rights violations; PEACEBUILDING
- Publication
Berkeley Journal of International Law, 2020, Vol 38, Issue 3, p355
- ISSN
1085-5718
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15779/Z38BR8MH2G