 | Human Rights and Conflict Resolution in Context: Colombia, Sierra Leone, and Northern Ireland Subjects: Human rights -- Colombia; Human rights -- Sierra Leone; Human rights -- Northern Ireland; Conflict management -- Colombia; Conflict management -- Sierra Leone; Conflict management -- Northern Ireland; Dispute resolution (Law) -- Colombia; Dispute resoluti; Preventing sweeping human rights violations or wars and rebuilding societies in their aftermath require an approach encompassing the perspectives of both human rights advocates and practitioners of conflict resolution. While these two groups work to achieve many of the same goals--notably to end violence and loss of life--they often make different assumptions, apply different methods, and operate under different values and institutional constraints. As a result, they may adopt conflicting or even mutually exclusive approaches to the same problem. Eileen F. Babbitt is professor of practice in international conflict management and codirector of the Center for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. |
