Samenvatting

The research question of this study is 'To what extent shows the response of the UN Security Council to the conflict in Darfur a shift from the norm of Westphalian sovereignty towards the norm of 'sovereignty as responsibility'?
Three periods are analyzed: the initial reaction of the Security Council to the conflict in Darfur in 2004 (chapter 4), the actions of the Security Council after the Darfur Peace Agreement of May 2006 (chapter 5), and the establishment of the hybrid UN-AU peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) authorized in July 2007 (chapter 6).
It also investigated whether UNAMID has characteristics of traditional peacekeeping operations (related to Westphalian sovereignty) or characteristics of post-Westphalian peace operations (related to sovereignty as responsibility and the responsibility to protect).

(Leiden University, Political Science, Master's thesis)