International Territorial Administration How Trusteeship and the Civilizing Mission Never Went Away

• Winner of the 2008 American Society of International Law Certificate of Merit
• The first comprehensive treatment of international territorial administration, covering the League of Nations in Danzig during the inter-war period, to the UN in East Timor recently and Kosovo today
• Establishes territorial administration as a 'policy institution' to rank alongside peacekeeping and humanitarian intervention in the activities of international organizations
• Includes coverage of territorial administration by international organizations other than the UN, such as the EU

Trusteeship and the civilizing mission in international relations did not end with the emergence of the self-determination entitlement that led to decolonization in the second half of the 20th century. International organizations, whose modern form emerged during the height of colonialism, took on the 'civilizing' role in the 'post-colonial' era, internationalizing trusteeship and re-legitimizing it as a feature of international public policy into the bargain. Through analysis of the history of and purposes associated with the involvement of international organizations in territorial administration, such as the UN missions in Kosovo and East Timor, a comparison between this activity and colonial trusteeship, the Mandate and Trusteeship arrangements, and an exploration of the modern ideas of international law and public policy that underpin and legitimize contemporary interventions, this book relates a new history of the concept of international trusteeship.

From British colonialist Lord Lugard's 'dual mandate' to the 'state-building' agenda of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lord Ashdown, wide-ranging links between the complex peace operations of today and the civilizing mission of the colonial era are established, offering a historical, political, and legal framework within which the legitimacy of, and challenges faced by, complex interventions can be appraised. This new history of international trusteeship raises important questions about the role of international law and organizations in facilitating relations of dominations and tutelage, and suggests that the contemporary significance of the self-determination entitlement needs to be re-evaluated.

Readership: Scholars and advanced students of international law, international relations and the United Nations; practitioners in international organizations and NGO's