ABSTRACT
This chapter describes conflict resolution, peacebuilding, and criminal justice as core humanitarian protection responsibilities. The chapter begins with a description of the origins of liberal peacebuilding and the emergence of a critical scholarship and the ‘local turn’ in peacebuilding. Next, the chapter discusses activities associated with peacebuilding: spoiler management; disarmament, demobilisation, and reintegration; security sector reform (SSR); electoral reform; and post-conflict economic reform. Finally, the chapter discusses post-conflict justice and reconciliation. The chapter outlines some important ethical dilemmas and policy problems pertaining to electoral sequencing, rapid liberalisation, and international criminal justice. Two cases, Myanmar and Colombia, are explored in further detail to illuminate the discussion.
