Contents
1. Introduction
I. Introduction
III. An anatomy of the relationship between human rights and peace
IV. The methodology
A. Defining a post-violence society
B. Selecting the four case studies
V. Conclusion
2. Clarifying the end: a workable definition of peace
I. Introduction
II. Rejecting the Current accounts of peace
III. Forging a new definition of peace
A. Security as the first element of peace
B. Justice as the second element of peace
C. Reconciliation as the third element of peace
IV. Conclusion
3. The means and the end connected: a framework for the relationship between human rights and peace
I. Introduction
II. Defining the means
III. The means and the end unconnected
IV. Resolving conflicts and building peace
V. Human rights as tools in the conflict resolution process
A. An overview of the different human rights strategies
B. Resolving conflicts by lobbying for the implementation of human rights
C. Resolving conflicts through human rights adjudication
D. Resolving conflicts as psychological states of affairs
VI. Conclusion
4. Promoting objective peace through human rights adjudication
I. Introduction
II. The nature of the conflict being adjudicated
A. Distinguishing between fundamental and minor conflicts
B. Outlining the disparate approach to conflict adjudication
C. The dangers of resolving fundamental conflicts in the courtroom
D. The lessons to draw
III. The type of court adjudicating the conflict
A. Exploring the differences between domestic and international courts
B. Assessing the combined use of domestic and international human rights courts
IV. The impact of timing on the successful adjudication of the conflict
A. The passage of time in the absence of a comprehensive peace agreement
B. The passage of time since the signing of the peace agreement
V. Conclusion
5. Promoting objective peace through human rights implementation
I. Introduction
II. The importance of political willingness to implement human rights
III. The devil is in the detail: the importance of implement human rights
III. The Devil is in the detail: the importance of careful drafting
IV. Looking beyond the wording of the statute: human rights bodies and their powers
V. Strategies for better human rights implementation
VI. Conclusion
6. Protecting human rights and promoting subjective peace
I. Introduction
II. Protecting human rights and inducing social psychological change
III. The gap between the legal and the real: making a meaningful change in people's lives
IV. Peace must be built and be seen to be built
V. Strategies for promoting subjective feeling of peace
A. Rethinking the composition of peacebuilding team
B. Adopting a two-way communication strategy
VI. Conclusion
7. Conclusion
I. Introduction
II. Informing the Liberal peacebuilding critique
III. Getting from peace in the books to peace on the ground
IV. The need for further research

This book critically examines the relationship between protecting human rights and building peace in post-violence societies. It explores the conditions that must be present, and strategies that should be adopted, for the former to contribute to the latter. The author argues that human rights can aid peacebuilding efforts by helping victims of past violence to articulate their grievance, and by encouraging the state to respond to and provide them with a meaningful remedy. This usually happens either through a process of adjudication, whereby human rights can offer guidance to the judiciary as to the best way to address such grievances, or through the passing and implementation of human rights laws and policies that seek to promote peace. However, this positive relationship between human rights and peace is both qualified and context specific. Through an interdisciplinary and comparative analysis of four case studies, the book identifies the conditions that can support the effective use of human rights as peacebuilding tools. Developing these, the book recommends a series of strategies that peacebuilders should adopt and rely on.