Paper details

Paper authors	Maximilian Bertamini
In panel on	The politics of negotiating with authoritarian regimes
Paper presenter(s) will be presenting	In-Person / Online

Abstract

(This paper will be written and presented together with Prof. Dr. Pierre Thielbörger, M.PP. [Harvard])

Discussions in the Security Council on the delivery of humanitarian aid into Syria have once again revealed the intricacies of getting humanitarian projects past regimes which put great emphasis on national agendas. Torn between humanitarian ambition and respect for national sovereignty, the Security Council faced lengthy internal discussions whicheventually resulted in resolutions allowing for only very reduced versions of the aid programs that had originally been proposed.
The paper analyses how the discussions in the Security Council on the delivery of humanitarian aid into Syria reflected fundamentally different perceptions on the way the international legal system works and how, despite these differences, agreement could be reached. It will further explore the potential of human rights based approaches and incentivization for negotiations with authoritarian regimes and close with reflections on what may be needed to make negotiations on an international level more productive.

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