In a civil war, conflict management practitioners are concerned with bringing the conflict to an end and providing security for civilians. Similarly, human rights advocacy groups are also concerned with minimizing civilian harm. Given the similar intentions of these actors in civil war states, this dissertation explores under what circumstances conflict management practitioners and human rights advocacy groups collaborate. First, I compare to what extent mediation and peacekeeping cases differ with regards to showing signs of interaction; second, I compare how the level of interaction changes depending on whether peacekeeping missions are deployed by the United Nations or regional intergovernmental organizations. I find that human rights groups are more likely to interact with peacekeeping missions, especially when the missions are deployed by the United Nations. Moreover, I analyze to what extent the interaction between human rights groups and peacekeeping operations impacts how human rights groups carry out their advocacy efforts. The findings reveal that the way human rights groups use their advocacy efforts depend on whether the third parties providing peacekeeping operations respond to their requests.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1808403 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Akyol, Seyma N. |
| Contributors | Greig, J. Michael, Breuning, Marijke, Ishiyama, John, DeMeritt, Jacqueline H.R. |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | vii, 151 pages, Text |
| Rights | Public, Akyol, Seyma N., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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