Reconciliation and Human Rights in Northern Ireland: A False Dichotomy?

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dc.contributor.authorBeirne, Maggie
dc.contributor.authorKnox, Colin
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-31T10:26:22Z
dc.date.available2017-01-31T10:26:22Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractPeace building interventions in Northern Ireland have attracted at least two approaches—those which advocate from a human rights-based perspective, and others which promote community relations and reconciliation as a methodology to build and consolidate peace. These interventions have been seen by many practitioners as competing and mutually exclusive. Broadly expressed, human rights participators described their work as primarily about challenging governments; it focuses on issues of accountability; it relies on the law and legally imposed frameworks; it is a mixture of ‘soft’ and ‘hard’ law; it has, for some human rights practitioners, a confused stance regarding the overlap between civil and political rights on the one hand, and economic, social and cultural rights on the other; and it relies greatly on international concepts, standards, and campaigning. Exponents of reconciliation, on the other hand, argued that their work is primarily about bottom-up human dynamics and relationship-building; the creation of trust as a prerequisite to working together and breaking down barriers; and, the importance of processes as much or more than the eventual product (on the ‘how’ as much as, or at least before, the ‘what’). Drawing on primary qualitative data from activists in both ‘camps’, this article will evaluate if these approaches represent a false dichotomy which fails to acknowledge potential synergies.ru_RU
dc.identifier.citationMaggie Beirne and Colin Knox; 2013; Reconciliation and Human Rights in Northern Ireland: A False Dichotomy?; Journal of Human Rights Practice; http://nur.nu.edu.kz/handle/123456789/2285ru_RU
dc.identifier.urihttp://nur.nu.edu.kz/handle/123456789/2285
dc.language.isoenru_RU
dc.publisherJournal of Human Rights Practiceru_RU
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectconflictru_RU
dc.subjectpeaceru_RU
dc.subjectreconciliationru_RU
dc.subjecttransitional justiceru_RU
dc.titleReconciliation and Human Rights in Northern Ireland: A False Dichotomy?ru_RU
dc.typeArticleru_RU

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