Abstract
This Article will begin with an introduction of the literature on international mediation to provide an overview of the characteristics unique to international disputes and to illustrate the attributes of the parties that make international mediation a distinct paradigm of dispute resolution. The second Part will then complicate the international mediation literature by introducing the international relations theory with respect to conflict resolution. The theory provides a predictive framework of different mediation approaches and sources of legitimacy for non-state actors. The second Part will also apply the theory with respect to the Holy See to illustrate its international legal personality and States’ receptiveness of this attribute. The final Part will apply both the mediation literature and the international relations theory to various conflicts the Holy See mediated in order to distinguish the Holy See’s sources of legitimacy when mediating conflicts strictly between Catholic nations from conflicts involving non-Catholic nations and/or entities.
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McFarlane, Amanda
(2021)
"The Holy See's Diplomacy: An Analysis of Papal Mediation in the Middle East,"
Florida Journal of International Law: Vol. 28:
Iss.
2, Article 1.
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/fjil/vol28/iss2/1