The right to internal self-determination in peacebuilding processes: a reinterpretation of the concept of local ownership from a legal perspective

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Dr. Öğr. Üyesi EBRU DEMİR

Tez Türü: Yüksek Lisans

Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: The University of Nottingham, the School of Law, International Law, Birleşik Krallık

Tez Danışmanı: Professor Nigel White

Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2014

Tezin Dili: İngilizce

Özet:

The right to internal self-determination offers a legal ‘checklist’ for the UN to provide both legitimacy and sustainability to peacebuilding processes. The right both clarifies the actors of postconflict reconstruction and also concretises to what extent these actors should be incorporated into peacebuilding processes. Although the concept of local ownership has become an often-cited concept in peacebuilding literature, the legal ground of the concept (i.e. the right to internal self-determination) has been disregarded. This paper aims to reveal the legal aspect of the concept of local ownership and thus, attaches the right to internal self-determination with local ownership.