Bulletin n. 3/2014
February 2015
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Joëlle Hivonnet
    The EU and the Promotion of Rule of Law in Post-Conflict Situations: The Case of Kosovo
    in Revue belge de droit international , n. 2 ,  2013 ,  325-342
    The rule of law is one of the values that the European Union is founded upon. Internally, the Rule of Law is seen as the cement that holds the European Union together. At international level, the EU's support derives from its dual commitment to effective multilateralism and the promotion of the rule of law as one of the principles guiding its Foreign Policy. Ultimately, the outbreak of the Yugoslav war proved a litmus test not just for the EU's budding Foreign Policy but also for the credibility of the European project, as a whole. It is interesting to see how the EU goes from theory to practice when it comes to the promotion of the rule of law abroad and the extent to which the EU is able to adapt its strategy when it comes to post-conflict situations, as opposed to States in transition or fragile States. EULEX-Kosovo is also of particular interest because it is an "atypical" Rule of Law mission, resulting from a NATO intervention, followed by a UN Peacekeeping operation evolving into an EU peacekeeping operation and finally a classic membership process that goes beyond the promotion of a formal rule of law dimension (thin definition) and becomes a value-based approach (thick definition).
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