การเสริมสร้างสันติภาพของสหประชาชาติในกฎหมายระหว่างประเทศ : ศึกษากรณีสาธารณรัฐเซียร์ราลีโอน = United Nations peacebuilding in international law: case study of the Republic o Sierra Leone / กัณภัค ตัณฑสิทธิ์
In the 1990s, United Nations (UN) Peace Operations failed to respond to various conflicts in international society. And even where there was a case of success, it could not be guaranteed that the state would not lapse into conflict again. Therefore, in 2005 the UN Secretary-General proposed the establishment of the Peacebuilding Commission to fill in the gap in the UN institutional machinery in UN policy on international peace and security. The Republic of Sierra Leone is one of the post-conflict states that have entered in to the peacebuilding process under the UN Peacebuilding Commission, with peacebuilding operations aiming to achieve sustainable peace in the Republic of Sierra Leone. The Peacebuilding Commission then built and rehabilitated the system and mechanism, essential infrastructures in the Republic of Sierra Leone according to the principle of the segregation of powers. In the context of in the Republic of Sierra Leone, much would depend also on cooperation at both the nation and international levels to provide the country with the government based on the rule of law. The results of peace-building by the Peace Commission in the Republic of Sierra Leone show that peacebuilding operations can encourage the State to identify the cause of conflict, as well as the government’s capacity to administer the country on the basis of the rule of law and also to solve conflicts by itself. Although there are obstacles and challenges on issues such as political action, sexual violence and transnational organized crime, the achievement of the peacebuilding in the Sierra Leone as a whole is proof of steps to create sustaining peace and to prevent reversion to conflict. This is why the Republic of Sierra Leone can offers a key example of UN development practice with a view to the future.
