Independent Commissions and Contentious Issues in Post-Good Friday Agreement Northern Ireland

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by  Dawn Walsh (auth.)

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Independent
Commissions
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Issues in Post-Good
Friday Agreement
Northern Ireland
DawnWalsh
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DublinCityUniversity
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CKNOWLEDGEMENTS
IwouldliketothankDrJohnDoyle,DrEoinO’Malley,andDrDonnacha
Ó Beacháin of the School of Law and Government, at Dublin City
University for their insightful comments on an earlier version of this
work. I would also like to thank those who agreed to be interviewed for
this research or provided informal insights. I am grateful to Prof Stefan
Wolff,oftheUniversityofBirmingham,andProfBrendanO’Learyofthe
UniversityofPennsylvania,whosesupportassistedmegreatlyinthecom-
pletion of this volume. My friends and fellow scholars, Dr Clare Hayes-
Brady,DrJenniferCowman,andAnneByrne,yoursupportandinterestin
myresearchhavebeenheartening.Finally,withouttheunfailingsupportof
myhusbandCian,thisprojectwouldnothavebeenpossible.
The support of the Paddy Moriarty Fellowship committee and the Irish
Research Council is gratefullyacknowledged.
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ONTENTS
Introduction:Contentious Issuesandthe Implementation
of the GoodFriday Agreement 1
The Importanceofthe Implementation Stageof aPeaceProcess 2
Mediation: IndependentActorsin PeaceProcesses 4
The NorthernIrelandContext 12
How the FactorsWhich AffectMediation Operated
in NorthernIreland 14
Conducting the Research 18
Approach ofThisBook 24
Notes 24
References 25
IndependentCommission onPolicing 29
Background to PolicinginNorthern Ireland 30
Mediation andthe IndependentCommission for Policing 34
The IndependentCommission forPolicing’sIdentity 39
IssueIntensity 45
Terms of Reference 47
The Good FridayAgreement 50
Conclusion 53
Notes 54
References 54
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x CONTENTS
IndependentInternational Commission onDecommissioning 57
Background to Decommissioning inNorthern Ireland 58
Mediation andIndependent InternationalCommission
on Decommissioning 60
The IndependentInternationalCommission
on Decommissioning’sIdentity 68
IssueIntensity 73
Terms of Reference 75
The Good FridayAgreement 76
Summary 77
Conclusion 79
Notes 80
References 81
IndependentMonitoring Commission 87
Background to theSetting Upof theIndependent
MonitoringCommission 88
Mediation andthe IndependentMonitoringCommission 91
The IndependentMonitoringCommission’s Identity 98
IssueIntensity 103
Terms of Reference 105
The Good FridayAgreement 109
Summary (See Table4) 110
Conclusion 112
Notes 113
References 114
The ConsultativeGroup onthe Past 119
Background to theIssueof thePast inNorthern Ireland 120
Mediation andthe Consultative Groupon thePast 123
The Consultative Grouponthe Past’sIdentity 128
IssueIntensity 134
Terms of Reference 137
The Good FridayAgreement 139
Summary (See Table5) 139
Conclusion 142
Notes 143
References 144
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The HumanRightsCommission 149
Background to HumanRightsin NorthernIreland 150
Mediation andthe HumanRights Commission 153
The HumanRights Commission’sIdentity 158
IssueIntensity 163
Terms of Reference 164
The Good FridayAgreement 167
Summary (See Table6) 170
Conclusion 172
Notes 173
References 174
Conclusion 177
Factors (Mediator Identity, IssueIntensity,Terms
of Reference,Good Friday Agreement) 178
Mediation inan InternationalContext 186
Note 191
References 191
The Agreement 193
Index 233