The United Nations Charter and the African Union Constitutive Act : the search for compatibility in addressing African peace and security

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dc.contributor.author Moerane, Gomolemo Khumo
dc.date.accessioned 2024-10-21T09:24:49Z
dc.date.available 2024-10-21T09:24:49Z
dc.date.issued 2024
dc.description.abstract Collective security by regional organisations continues to be impacted by evolving global security threats. Previously focused at the global level, the shift from interstate conflicts to intra-state conflicts resulted in the acknowledgement of regionalism and the functions of collective security being implemented at the regional level. This paper examines the development of regionalism in the security sphere and the evolving relationship between the United Nations (UN) and regional organisations. Employing historical and comparative perspectives, it considers both the development of regional security projects and the reasons for their successes and failures. It also critically analyses the various constitutional developments that have occurred within regional arrangements looking particularly at the African Union (AU) and what accounts for such regional organisations to depart from the normative framework of regional arrangements contained in Chapter VIII of the UN Charter. The paper uses primary and secondary material to understand the compatibility of Chapter VIII of the UN Charter and the Constitutive Act of the AU as mechanisms used to respond to peace and security challenges on the African continent. The design of the study is qualitative research and the AU is used as a case study from other regional organisations. The theoretical framework adopted, based on its explanatory power, is collective security en_US
dc.description.department Political Sciences en_US
dc.description.librarian hj2024 en_US
dc.description.sdg SDG-16:Peace,justice and strong institutions en_US
dc.description.uri http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cpar20 en_US
dc.identifier.citation Gomolemo Khumo Moerane (2024): The United Nations Charter and the African Union Constitutive Act: The search for compatibility in addressing African peace and security, Global Change, Peace & Security, DOI: 10.1080/14781158.2024.2402546. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1478-1158 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 1478-1166 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1080/14781158.2024.2402546
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/98681
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Routledge en_US
dc.rights © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0/). en_US
dc.subject Peace and security en_US
dc.subject Regional organisations en_US
dc.subject Collective security en_US
dc.subject United Nations Security Council en_US
dc.subject African Union (AU) en_US
dc.subject Multilateralism en_US
dc.subject SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions en_US
dc.title The United Nations Charter and the African Union Constitutive Act : the search for compatibility in addressing African peace and security en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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