Levitt, Jeremy I. --- "UN sanctions and peace construction in West Africa" [2017] ELECD 1013; in van den Herik, Larissa (ed), "Research Handbook on UN Sanctions and International Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017) 490

Book Title: Research Handbook on UN Sanctions and International Law

Editor(s): van den Herik, Larissa

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781784713027

Section: Chapter 21

Section Title: UN sanctions and peace construction in West Africa

Author(s): Levitt, Jeremy I.

Number of pages: 19

Abstract/Description:

This survey examines the extent to which, if any, regional and UN actions endorsed or taken, respectively, under Article 41 of the UN Charter have influenced peace construction, namely the development of peace agreements in West Africa, with a particular emphasis on Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea-Bissau. It broadly examines the extent to which the ‘civil strife’ regimes imposed on these countries have signaled, constrained or coerced individual, corporate and state behavior to prevent, manage or resolve conflict and restore the rule of law. Furthermore, this chapter inquires whether, when and in what context, new types of sanctions regimes may be emerging or needed such as those preoccupied with combatting economic crime and corruption and barring amnesty and human rights violators form participating in peace processes. Keywords sanctions, Africa, peace agreements, conflict management, united nations