A matter of life and death: The impact of power-sharing on the legal position of armed groups

Daniëlla Dam-de Jong

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Daniëlla Dam-de Jong https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6288-6818

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Published:: 21 Sep 2023

Page Range:: 288–309

Collection:: Law 2023

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800888340.00019

Keywords:: Peace agreements; Power-sharing; State representation; ARSIWA

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The legal position of armed groups as signatories to intra-state peace agreements has been the subject of a longstanding debate in scholarship and practice. This chapter goes beyond this debate, by focusing on a prevalent feature of such agreements: power-sharing provisions. This chapter argues that power-sharing arrangements can have a profound effect on the position of armed groups, to the extent of dissolving the armed group as a separate entity.

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Armed Groups and International Law

Edited by

Katharine Fortin

and

Ezequiel Heffes

Monograph Book

Published:: 21 Sep 2023

Print ISBN:: 9781800888333

eISBN:: 9781800888340

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800888340

Pages:: 340

Collection:: Law 2023

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