ROL promotion and SSR - "Get over yourselves"

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ROL promotion and SSR - "Get over yourselves"

Heated debates on the coexistence of Rule of Law (RoL) promotion and SSR have filledacademic journals and flummoxed practitioners. No doubt, most visitors to this site will have, at one point or another, felt compelled to discuss the matter with a passion typically reserved for football rivalries. Despite the rather colourful spirit of the arguments, there may be some darker implications of this debate’s trajectory.   

As a recent Clingendael policy brief describes, RoL promotion and SSR have a fitful yet indissoluble relationship. Both aim to support building an effective and accountable state system, capable of providing security and justice. In practice, each programme...

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