Abstract:
Preventive diplomacy traditionally involves Track I of governments and
inter-governmental organisations in diplomatic negotiations to prevent
and end armed conflict. Track II are confidence-building contributions of
non-state actors - human rights organisations and women’s groups. This
paper outlines a third form of Track 1 ½ diplomacy, and analyses two
intra-state peace-processes that used this track – the Aceh Peace Process
2005 and the on-going 35th round of the Colombian Peace Process. In
the context of intra-state conflicts and peace processes, the paper defines
parliamentary Track 1 ½ diplomacy as the role played by high-level
political actors and national and state legislatures in the resolution of
local disputes, conflicts, and insurgencies. The paper concludes by
setting the context of relevance that Aceh and Colombia peace processes
might provide for Pakistan’s policy-makers.
