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SUMMARY:Arbitrary Peace? Consent Management in International Arbitration -
  Bart Smit Duijzentkunst (Faculty of Law)\, Sophia Dawkins (Conflict Dynam
 ics International)
DTSTART:20140128T203000Z
DTEND:20140128T210000Z
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CONTACT:Benjamin Folit-Weinberg
DESCRIPTION:When a peace process involves contention over land boundaries\
 , parties\nmay consent to resolve their dispute through arbitration. Yet w
 hile\ntribunals resolve disputes on paper\, their awards often fail to bri
 ng\npeace in practice. Initial consent to arbitration does not guarantee a
 \nsuccessful outcome: once granted\, consent can wax and wane\, it can be\
 ndelivered under duress\, and it can be withdrawn as fast as it is\ngiven.
  This paper explores the consent management dynamics that shape\n— and a
 re shaped by — the arbitral process. Drawing on scholarship\nfrom peacek
 eeping and relational contract theory\, it develops a model\nthat explains
  why consent to arbitration differs from consent to a\npeace process. It t
 hen applies the model to examine strategies that\ntribunals have used to b
 ridge this gap. Case studies involving the\nBrčko District in Bosnia and 
 Herzegovina\, the Eritrea-Ethiopia\nBoundary Commission and the Abyei arbi
 tration demonstrate how\narbitrators manipulate procedural and substantive
  law to maintain\nconsent. The three cases also offer insights into the va
 rying success\nof consent management strategies. The paper plots these cas
 es onto the model to draw lessons for future arbitrations\, on the basis o
 f one\nsimple but crucial question: ‘who should consent to what’?
LOCATION:Senior Parlour\, Gonville &amp\; Caius College
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