International Peace Conferences (Global Institutions) - Softcover

International peace conferences, together, represent a substantial component of global institutions but until now there has been only scattered research, some on particular conferences, others on political, social, or economic interpretations of particular settlements or sets of settlements. This accessible new volume offers a comprehensive guide to all aspects of these conferences.

Examining the history, present and future of these important gatherings, this book:

• Details the key conferences in history, offering a historical and political background
• Presents the main types of institutional architecture seen in different conferences
• Evaluates the insights that are offered by previous conferences, identifying the key peacekeeping and peacebuilding strategies that were discussed and put into practice
• Examines the impact some of the key contemporary issues such as human rights and justice on the more recent conferences.

Offering key insights for those interested in both the history and the future of the conferences, this work will be an important text for scholars and practitioners in the areas of international organizations, international relations and peace studies.

Bertrand G. Ramcharan is a Barrister-at-Law of Lincoln’s Inn and Senior Fellow at the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, CUNY, USA. His publications include Contemporary Human Rights Ideas (2008)