The European Union and Conflict Prevention: Policy and Legal Aspects

ISBN-13: 9789067041713 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 644 str.

Vincent Kronenberger; Jan Wouters

Opis

Since 2001, the prevention of violent conflicts has been a priority of the European Union's external policy. In addition to new operational competences developed under the Common Foreign and Security Policy, the European Union is particularly suited to combat root-causes of conflicts throughout the world. The current draft Constitution for Europe proposes to insert the prevention of conflicts within the text of the Treaty. This volume explores and scrutinizes the progress achieved by the European Union in the definition of a concrete conflict prevention strategy, as well as the challenges it still faces. The contributors focus on the following issues: definition of and indicators for conflict prevention; institutional and constitutional dimension of conflict prevention; EU's instruments for the prevention of violent conflicts; structural conflict prevention and mainstreaming conflict prevention into EU's policies; and cooperation with other international organisations and civil society.

Spis treści

Indicators to Prevent Conflicts: The Practice of Eu Institutions.- Conflict Indicators Developed by the Commission — The Check-List for Root Causes of Conflict/Early Warning Indicators.- The Council’s Early Warning Process.- EU conflict prevention strategy and practice so far.- The Eu and Conflict Prevention: A Brief Historic Overview.- The Eu’s Involvement in Conflict Prevention — Strategy and Practice.- Eu Instruments for Conflict Prevention.- The Institutional and Financial Dimensions of Conflict Prevention.- EU conflict prevention strategy and practice so far.- Eu Structural Foreign Policy And Structural Conflict Prevention1.- Eu Regional Trade Agreements’ Role in the Prevention of Conflict and in Increasing (Intra-Regional and Global) Security and Stability: An Economic Perspective.- Community Cooperation Policy and Conflict Prevention.- Environmental Policy and Conflict Prevention.- Conflict Prevention and Human Rights.- The Prevention of Conflicts and Combating Trafficking (Humans, Drugs, Firearms, Weapons ...) and Terrorism.- Pulling Up Conflicts by the Roots: Towards a Conflict Prevention Assessment of EU Policies.- EU conflict prevention strategy and practice so far.- Eu Conflict Prevention in the Western Balkans.- Strategies of Conflict Prevention for Sub-Saharan Africa.- Experience of other actors.- International Organisations’ Cooperation in the Field of Conflict Prevention.- The United Nations, The EU and Conflict Prevention: Interconnecting the Global and Regional Levels.- A Culture of Conflict Prevention: Osce Experiences and Cooperation With the EU.- Nato Crisis Management and Conflict Prevention.- No Peace Without Human Rights: The Council of Europe and Conflict Prevention.- Cooperation Between the EU and the G8 in Conflict Prevention.- Conflict and Development: The Role of the World Bank.- Experience of other actors.- Preventing Conflict: A Eu-International Committee of the Red Cross Common Interest.- Non-Governmental Organisations-Eu Relations in Conflict Prevention: Two Unequal But Complementary Partners.- The European Union’x Role in Promoting the Prevention of Violent Conflicts Within the Business Sector.- Conclusion: Towards a Comprehensive EU Policy on Conflict Prevention.