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Bridging the Security Gap through EU Rule of Law Missions? Rule of Law Administration by EULEX

Altwicker, Tilmann and Wieczorek, Nuscha. (2016) Bridging the Security Gap through EU Rule of Law Missions? Rule of Law Administration by EULEX. Journal of Conflict and Security Law, 21 (1). pp. 115-133.

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Abstract

EU civilian missions are a tool to bridge new security gaps. They focus on security problems that cannot be adequately addressed by military capabilities alone. These missions operationalize the idea of liberal peace, ie the link between the (democratic, liberal etc.) 'quality' of domestic institutions and international peace. The purpose of these missions is to reform (or establish) a State security sector based upon these qualities.
Taking the most advanced EU civilian mission to date, EULEX Kosovo, as an object of study, this article examines a particular legal problem that ensues when the rule of law is 'exported': in order to fulfil its rule of law-exporting task, the mission enjoys broad executive powers. This, in turn, requires that the mission itself must be bound by the principles it seeks to 'export'. The rule of law serves, in other words, both as a policy-tool and as a constraint for EULEX. As both dimensions are connected, the failure of one will likely affect the performance of the other.
The article concludes that while the hybrid approach to the rule of law by EULEX is a promising tool to address security gaps resulting from new threats in post-conflict societies, the present weakness of the constraint function negatively affects the performance of the mission as a whole.
Faculties and Departments:02 Faculty of Law > Departement Rechtswissenschaften > Fachbereich Öffentliches Recht
02 Faculty of Law > Departement Rechtswissenschaften > Ehemalige Einheiten Rechtswissenschaften > Ordinariat öffentliches Recht, insb. Europarecht (Breitenmoser)
02 Faculty of Law > Departement Rechtswissenschaften > Ehemalige Einheiten Rechtswissenschaften > Titularprofessur Völker- und Staatsrecht (Peters)
UniBasel Contributors:Altwicker, Tilmann
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Oxford University Press
ISSN:1467-7954
e-ISSN:1467-7962
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
Language:English
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Deposited On:08 Dec 2016 07:23

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