Revista Electrónica de Estudios Internacionales (Jan 2010)
La consolidación de la paz en el Derecho Internacional
Abstract
Peacebuilding is one of the most important UN activities in peace maintainance, which is aimed at reinforcing statehood in countries after conflict. It has a theoretical framework, relies on a legal basis and comprises complex actions in conflict management developed through the UN practice of the last decades. As a matter of analysis, it has been extensively appraised and improved by other social sciences, but not by international law. This paper intends to overcome this shortcoming and encourage a discussion on it. It will deal with the concept of eacebuilding, its development and legal status, including its legal limitations and connected legal problems. Cuestions of feasibility and necessity, as well as of the theoretical foundation and analysis of cases are excluded from this work
