All Outputs (10)

The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and transformative change: Promise, power and solidarity (2023)
Journal Article
O'Connell, R., Aoláin, F. N., & Malagón Diaz, L. (2024). The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and transformative change: Promise, power and solidarity. Israel Law Review, 57(1), 4-36. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021223723000031

In 2023 the 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement marks its twenty-fifth anniversary. For many the Agreement projects a global image of a successfully concluded end to conflict. However, key aspects of the agreement remain under-enforced or simply undel... Read More about The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and transformative change: Promise, power and solidarity.

Are economic, social and cultural rights side-lined in peace agreements? Insights from peace agreement databases (2022)
Journal Article
Malagon Diaz, L., O'Connell, R., & Ni Aolain, F. (2022). Are economic, social and cultural rights side-lined in peace agreements? Insights from peace agreement databases. Gonzaga Journal of International Law, 26(1),

This article addresses the construction of knowledge in peace agreements focused in particular on practices concerning the inclusion of economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR) as an under-researched category in peace agreement databases and as a... Read More about Are economic, social and cultural rights side-lined in peace agreements? Insights from peace agreement databases.

Blue Documents (2022)
Report
Malagon Diaz, L. (2022). Blue Documents. Observatory for the Marine and Coastal Governance

Desde el grupo de investigación Justicia Marina y Derecho Internacional del Observatorio para la Gobernanza Marino Costera, presentamos la serie editorial “Documentos Azules”. Esta es una publicación anual que contiene artículos cortos e inéditos de... Read More about Blue Documents.

Sharing experiences on sustaining NGO participation in post conflict space: A Colombia-Northern Ireland dialogue (2022)
Report
Malagon Diaz, L., O'Connell, R., & Ni Aolain, F. (2022). Sharing experiences on sustaining NGO participation in post conflict space: A Colombia-Northern Ireland dialogue. Gender, Justice and Security Hub at LSE

How can civil society be supported and enhanced in post-conflict scenarios? Despite the recognition of their added value and importance, NGOs often come under significant strain as they guard the frontline of accountability during conflict and are of... Read More about Sharing experiences on sustaining NGO participation in post conflict space: A Colombia-Northern Ireland dialogue.

Transitional justice and Peacemaking/Peacebuilding (2022)
Book Chapter
Brett, R., & Malagon Diaz, L. (2022). Transitional justice and Peacemaking/Peacebuilding. In R. Mac Ginty, & A. Wanis-St. John (Eds.), Contemporary Peacemaking (475-505). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82962-9_23

States and societies do not tend to follow a linear or sequential logic in the aftermath of conflict: poor quality peace, post-accord violence and conflict recidivism occur regularly in the wake of armed conflict and initially successful negotiations... Read More about Transitional justice and Peacemaking/Peacebuilding.

Insights on sustaining NGO participation in post conflict space (2021)
Report
Malagon Diaz, L., O'Connell, R., & Ni Aolain, F. (2021). Insights on sustaining NGO participation in post conflict space. The Gender, Justice and Security Hub

Human Rights NGOs have been central to human rights documentation, advocacy and defence both during and after conflict. Yet, despite the recognition of their added value and importance, NGOs come under significant strain because they guard the frontl... Read More about Insights on sustaining NGO participation in post conflict space.

Economic, social and cultural rights overlooked in databases? (2020)
Report
Malagon Diaz, L., O'Connell, R., & Ni Aolain, F. (2020). Economic, social and cultural rights overlooked in databases?. Gender, Justice and Security Hub

Lina Malagón, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin and Rory O’Connell detail their findings from a critical analysis of the inclusion of economic, social and cultural rights (ESCRs) in peace agreements through the analysis of five key databases, and in doing so highl... Read More about Economic, social and cultural rights overlooked in databases?.

Realising victims’ rights to reparation, truth and justice in Guatemala in the midst of a zero-sum game, in reparations, responsibility and victimhood in transitional societies (2020)
Report
Malagon Diaz, L., & Brett, R. (2020). Realising victims’ rights to reparation, truth and justice in Guatemala in the midst of a zero-sum game, in reparations, responsibility and victimhood in transitional societies. Queens University of Belfast

Multiple obligations exist under international law for States to protect human rights and restore or establish peace and stability in the aftermath of mass violence.1 International standards, jurisprudence and doctrine formally obligate states to inv... Read More about Realising victims’ rights to reparation, truth and justice in Guatemala in the midst of a zero-sum game, in reparations, responsibility and victimhood in transitional societies.

“Basta Ya!”: On the Colombian center for historical memory report (2014)
Report
Malagon Diaz, L. (2014). “Basta Ya!”: On the Colombian center for historical memory report. World Peace Foundation

Steps towards the construction of peace in Colombia? The account of armed conflict that has affected Colombia for more than 50 years still has chapters that are unknown to Colombians and the world. However, the report “Enough Already! Colombia: Me... Read More about “Basta Ya!”: On the Colombian center for historical memory report.

Overcoming the Original Sin of the "Original Condition": How reparations may contribute to emancipatory peacebuilding (2013)
Journal Article
Brett, R., & Malagon Diaz, L. (2013). Overcoming the Original Sin of the "Original Condition": How reparations may contribute to emancipatory peacebuilding. Human Rights Review, 14(3), 257-271. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12142-013-0271-5

This short article explores the relationship between transitional justice mechanisms and peacebuilding by analysing the role that reparations may play in transforming or deepening conflict. Research seeks to identify potential components of an emanci... Read More about Overcoming the Original Sin of the "Original Condition": How reparations may contribute to emancipatory peacebuilding.