The Cambodia settlement agreements

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The UN's innovative role in forging Cambodia's transitional government in 1991 will legitimize both the UN's future involvement in resolving regional disputes and the use of nontraditional dispute-specific measures to foster international peace. The most dynamic feature of the settlement agreements is the creation of the Supreme National Council. This quasi-governmental body composed of former warring factions has agreed to give the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) specific powers to enforce the agreements. Under this explicit power grant, the UN can influence everything from elections to human rights compliance.

Political aspects, International relations, United Nations, International law, Cambodia, Cambodian foreign relations

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Drawing a better line: uti possidetis and the borders of new states

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The decolonization form of uti possidetis, which arises when determining successionist states' borders, can become problematic due to internal border issues and current international legal notions of self-determination. Uti possidetis would allow new states to maintain the previous borders of their dissolved predecessors. As an alternative, however, borders can be drawn rationally if parties are willing to accept new norms and peaceful dispute settlements, assess internal borders realistically, and use plebiscites if necessary. Questions of territorial boundaries should be addressed directly when states break up.

United States, Laws, regulations and rules, Former Soviet Union, Boundaries, Boundaries (Geography), State succession, Europe, Eastern, Interdict (Civil law)

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The protection of human rights through the Dayton/Paris Peace Agreement on Bosnia

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The Bosnian peace agreement contains extensive human rights provisions, including language prohibiting ethnic cleansing and requiring cooperation with the war crimes tribunal. The constitutional instruments expressly set out substantive rights provisions or define them by reference to 16 international human rights instruments. The procedural provisions include the establishment of a Constitutional Court and a Human Rights Commission with an ombudsman and 14-member chamber. Other provisions cover human rights organizations, the role of international police, and constitutional amendments.

Prevention, Human rights, Genocide, international

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