CANS 406 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Gender Mainstreaming, Peacebuilding
22 May 2018
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Guest Lecture: Peacemaking and Peacebuilding
-A general assembly resolution is more of an expression of political will, a Security Council
resolution is binding and has a specific mandate
-Security Council resolutions are binding for all member states, and must be implemented if
passed
-This also depends on the use of language – saying something like ‘by any means
necessary’ can lead to the use of violence for implementation of the resolution
-Security Council resolution 1325 has a strong legal and political weight
-The language in it doesn’t actually bind states to take action – it encourages or calls
upon
-Preambles of resolutions give context to the resolution
-Preamble of 1325 calls on responsibility for international security
-1325 also recognizes women as participants in conflict and peacebuilding rather than
victims of it
-1325 is about prevention, protection, and relief, involvement of women at every level of
decision making
-Clauses about increased participation, but lack of binding language
-Calls on use of gender mainstreaming
-Gender mainstream doesn’t only matter for women to be more involved, it also is important
because notions of masculinity are detrimental to men
These notes are shot because the lecture mainly consisted of discussion/Q&A
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Document Summary
A general assembly resolution is more of an expression of political will, a security council resolution is binding and has a specific mandate. Security council resolutions are binding for all member states, and must be implemented if passed. This also depends on the use of language saying something like by any means necessary" can lead to the use of violence for implementation of the resolution. Security council resolution 1325 has a strong legal and political weight. The language in it doesn"t actually bind states to take action it encourages or calls upon. Preambles of resolutions give context to the resolution. Preamble of 1325 calls on responsibility for international security. 1325 also recognizes women as participants in conflict and peacebuilding rather than victims of it. 1325 is about prevention, protection, and relief, involvement of women at every level of decision making. Clauses about increased participation, but lack of binding language.
