ABSTRACT
This chapter assesses past law reform efforts that have taken place in peace operations, addressing the multiple difficulties inherent in these. It looks at the rise in prominence of the rule of law and legislative reform in the contemporary discourse on peace operations, arising from the experience garnered in past missions in which the UN operated within the justice and rule of law sphere. The chapter explains the developments that have been advanced and supported by the UN to tackle legislative reform in post conflict states, including the use of model codes as a tool of reform. Peace operations in post conflict states such as Angola, Sierra Leone and Somalia saw the UN on the fringes of rule of law activities. Arising from deficiencies in the pre-existing legal framework in place in conflict and post conflict states, some degree of law reform is almost always necessitated.
