Abstract
The European Union (EU) is to promote various principles, including peace and justice for human rights violations in its external action, according to the Treaty. In fragile contexts, peace and justice are considered fundamental for contributing to reform that addresses the causes of conflict and prevents recurrence. This paper draws on field research to examine whether and how the EU translated these principles of peace and justice into policy and put them into practice in its response to the crisis in Mali in 2012 by contributing to peace mediation, transitional justice and security sector reform. It demonstrates the importance of considering practice to understand EU foreign policy. It finds that the EU emerged from the crisis a political actor, and although in many ways it promoted reform, in practice it risks supporting business as usual.
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