Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2019
Abstract
UN Security Council Resolution 1325 was not adopted in a vacuum, but rather can be read with a number of other programs within the Security Council (SC) and UN architecture. These include other thematic resolutions, as well as broader policy initiatives. Taken together, these diverse strands sought to shift the understanding of the SC’s role in the maintenance of international peace and security, away from a classic state-oriented approach to one that places people at its center. The adoption of Resolution 1325, along with these other developments, had implications for the making of international law (the place of civil society and experts within the international legal and institutional framework), for rethinking participation, and the meaning of security/protection. This chapter suggests that 2000 was a pivotal moment when a more human-oriented international law seemed a real possibility and before the turn back toward militarism and national security in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
Publication Information & Recommended Citation
Chinkin, Christine M. "Adoption of 1325 Resolution." In The Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace, and Security, edited by Sara E. Davies and Jacqui True, 26-37. Oxford Handbooks. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
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