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  1. 1. State-Building: Peace versus Democracy: A comparative case study of the peacebuilding missions in Sierra Leone and in the Central African Republic

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Victoria Lecomte; Annika Consiglio; [2016]
    Keywords : IBL; State-building; Liberal Peacebuilding; Central African Republic; Sierra Leone; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In 2014, the peacebuilding missions in Sierra Leone and in the Central African Republic (CAR) were ended. While the former was described as being a success story, the latter failed to construct stable and lasting peace in CAR since a war broke out in December 2012 and is still ongoing in 2016. READ MORE

  3. 2. On the justification of states of exception in liberal democracies - A discourse analysis of how the Hollande Administration fixated the discourse on the State of Emergency in France after the 2015 Paris attacks

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Victoria Lecomte; [2016]
    Keywords : State of Emergency; France; State of Exception; Discourse Theory; Liberty; Security; Rule of Law; Necessity; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : On the night of November 13, 2015, after the attacks perpetrated by the so-called Islamic State against France in Paris and Saint-Denis, President François Hollande decreed the state of emergency. This state of emergency is a state of exception which restricts certain civil liberties such as the freedom of assembly, as several NGOs and UN rapporteurs denounced. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Kimberley Process, a new actor on the conflict resolution scene?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Victoria Lecomte; [2015]
    Keywords : Effectiveness; Targeted sanctions; Kimberley Process; Conflict diamonds; Zimbabwe; Central African Republic; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In 2003, the Kimberley Process, a public-private partnership gathering governments, the diamond industry and several civil society organizations, entered into force. This international scheme, aiming at fighting against conflict diamonds, imposed export bans on diamonds from the Marange Fields in the Eastern part of Zimbabwe and from the Central African Republic. READ MORE

  5. 4. French and German Security Policy: Close allies with differing views on the intervention in Libya

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Victor Erichsen; Victoria Lecomte; [2013]
    Keywords : France; Germany; Identity; Libya; National interests; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : France and Germany are two closely connected countries with two very different identities. Despite of these differences they have been cooperating for many years and have been a driving factor behind European integration and have had a common interest in making the European Union a global actor with a more united foreign policy. READ MORE