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Building Sustainable Peace through the ‘Rights of Nature’ in Western Societies: Case Studies of New Zealand and Northern Ireland

  • Journal of Human Rights Studies
  • Abbr : JHRS
  • 2023, 6(1), pp.149-188
  • DOI : 10.22976/JHRS.2023.6.1.149
  • Publisher : Korean Association of Human Rights Studies
  • Research Area : Social Science > Law > Law of Special Parts > Human Rights / International Human Rights Law
  • Received : April 10, 2023
  • Accepted : June 22, 2023
  • Published : June 30, 2023

Juneseo Hwang 1

1성공회대학교

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ABSTRACT

In a time of planetary crisis, human rights discourses have embraced post-anthropocentric perspectives that acknowledge the rights of nature. On the other hand, critical peace discourses that emphasise political, social, and ecological sustainability have gained more attention, which challenge the one-dimensional conception of peace that is espoused with the liberal paradigm of economic development. This journal article explores how the two post-anthropocentric discourses intersect and form a concept of post-anthropocentric sustainable peace. Case studies of New Zealand and Northern Ireland show institution-building and social movements are two pathways of practising sustainable peace that recognise the rights of nature. In conclusion, it is emphasised that in facing with the ecological crisis, human-centric human rights paradigms and peace built upon them are not only fragile but also unjust. Therefore, peace should be formed from the bottom, along with nature.

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