2.  Review goals of the UN and causes of conflict.  Define peacekeeping and analyze the various roles of UN peacekeepers.  Explore the types of International Courts that have been created to handle special issues like war crimes and genocides.

3.  Identify three reasons conflict may exist…  Resources  Politics  Values

4.  3 Main Goals?  Membership & Structure?  Peace & Security  HR & Freedoms  Econ & Social Progress  193  -loving, dues/troops  Gen Assembly, Security Council, Secretariat, ECOSOC, ICJ

5.  Peace & security mandates  1992 Boutros Boutros-Ghali’s “An Agenda for Peace”  DPKO  Help countries torn by conflict create conditions for sustainable peace

6.  Standing army?  Definition?  Principles?  Same?  Consent and Request?  4 Roles?

7.  Sec Gen- Director  Consent/Request  No Force ( Authorized or Self-defense)  Impartiality http://www.peacekeepingbestpractices.unlb.org/Pbps/Library/Ca pstone_Doctrine_ENG.pdf

8.  Peacemaking  Defined parties  Verge /Midst of fighting  End conflict and forge peace treaty  Peacekeeping  Defined parties  Monitor & observe est peace agreements  Peacebuilding  Undefined groups  Midst fighting/anarchy  End conflict and rebuild ground up (economic, social, political, structural)

9. http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm

10.  Is UN peacekeeping effective? Is it necessary?

11.  Body of legal rules & customs that regulate activities carried on beyond borders of individual states

12.  Internatl Ct of Justice  UN Charter  15 justices, 9 yr terms  Settle disputes, Offer legal advice  Can’t try individuals  Tribunals & Special Courts  Sec Cncl Resolutions  War crimes, individuals  Life terms, No death penalty http://www.wardondonfilm.com/trailer

13.  Internatl Criminal Court  Est 98/02“Rome Statute”  122 states, NOT the US  18 justices, 9 yr terms  Independent of UN Individuals accused of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity 8 investigations (all in Africa) 22 arrest warrants = 5 in custody 1 st trial was Lubanga (DRC) – guilty now appealing http://www.choices.edu/resources/scholarsonline/davis/dd9.php

14.  What is the difference between peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding?  Make – End conflict, est peace  Keep – Maintain ceasefire  Build – Normalize econ, social, poly relations to prevent recurrence

15.  “Are international courts violations of national sovereignty or should they trump national laws in the interest of global justice?”