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Posts published in January 2013

The Rule of Law: The Security Council and Accountability: Cross-Cutting Report

Executive Summary This is Security Council Report’s second Cross-Cutting Report on the Rule of Law. The entire report can be downloaded in PDF. Even before the rule of law has become integral to the peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts of the Security Council, the issue of accountability for serious human rights violations and international crimes has appeared regularly in the rhetoric of the Council. Transitioning from discourse to practice has not been simple, although the Council has expanded its toolkit of options to ensure accountability for such actions while discharging its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security.…