Announcements
On 29 August 2023, the European Court of Human Rights ruled again, in Kovačević v Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the compatibility of the ethnic requirements of power-sharing arrangements in the Dayton Peace Agreement with the European Convention on Human Rights.
Announcements
On 20 July 2023, the UN Secretary-General presented his Policy Brief on the UN’s New Agenda for Peace in preparation for the UN’s Summit of the Future to be held in 2024. The New Agenda outlines his vision of multilateral cooperation for peace and security within a world in transition.
Events
The second DAAD Cambridge intensive workshop on ‘Global Reordering and Regional Security after War in Ukraine’ to be hosted by the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with the University of Hamburg.
[Wednesday, 5 July 2023]
Kosovo
Professor Weller offers further analysis on why the Brussels negotiations on normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia has ran into deadlock over the past months.
Publications
This paper outlines the importance of minority and language rights for peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, in light of international legal and soft law standards.
Publications
Prof Weller re-examines the current prospects for a negotiated settlement in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Announcements
New user-friendly design for Language of Peace now live! Different types of searching are now more prominent. Browse by country with an interactive world map. Search by provision types by using ‘Search by Issue’. Or search the text of instruments by using ‘Search by Keyword’. A new ‘Search Option’ allows you to refine by ‘Type of Instrument’.
Kosovo
High-pressure negotiations on normalization between Kosovo and Serbia continue. The parties accept the Preamble and Articles of the Basic Agreement as the final text. The next step remains crucial: reaching agreement on an implementation annex to be considered an integral part of the instrument.