First, do no harm: five questions the EU needs to keep in mind for a sensitive approach to conflict resources

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  • dc.contributor.author Vlaskamp, Martijn
  • dc.contributor.author De Pinós, Beatriu
  • dc.date.accessioned 2020-02-20T13:11:39Z
  • dc.date.available 2020-02-20T13:11:39Z
  • dc.date.issued 2019
  • dc.description.abstract The European Union acknowledges that when sanctions against resource-fuelled armed confrontations are not conflict sensitive, they can potentially exacerbate violence and instability on the ground. In many conflicts, sanctions are difficult to enforce due to limited state presence and rampant corruption in the affected regions. The question to ask is, therefore, how can the trade in conflict resources be effectively stop, and what is the expected impact (and the real one) of such a restrictive measure. There are five criteria the EU should keep in mind when taking policy decisions against conflict resources: (I) the relevance of those resources for the conflict dynamics; (II) how effective and (III) efficient this policy can be; (IV) what (unexpected) impacts it can have on the ground; and, finally (V) how sustainable it is. Implementing restrictive measures in isolation is not a silver bullet to end resourcefuelled conflicts and neither effective nor efficient.
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  • dc.identifier.citation Vlaskamp M, De Pinós B. First, do no harm: five questions the EU needs to keep in mind for a sensitive approach to conflict resources. CIDOB Notes Internacionals. 2019 Nov;(219):1-6.
  • dc.identifier.issn 2013-4428
  • dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/43674
  • dc.language.iso eng
  • dc.publisher Centre d'Informació i Documentació Internacionals a Barcelona
  • dc.relation.ispartof CIDOB Notes Internacionals. 2019 Nov;(219):1-6
  • dc.rights Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
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  • dc.subject.keyword Sanctions
  • dc.subject.keyword Conflict minerals
  • dc.subject.keyword EU
  • dc.subject.keyword UN
  • dc.subject.keyword EEAS
  • dc.subject.keyword EuropeAid
  • dc.subject.keyword Natural resources
  • dc.subject.keyword Kimberley Process
  • dc.subject.keyword Blood diamonds
  • dc.subject.keyword Illegal trafficking
  • dc.title First, do no harm: five questions the EU needs to keep in mind for a sensitive approach to conflict resources
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