A Framework for Conflict Settlement?
Publisher: ECMI Volume: 77 pages, pdf Description: The aim of this paper is to undertake a comparative evaluation of autonomy as a method of conflict settlement based on two case studies of insular regions in Western Europe: the Åland Islands and Corsica. It will highlight the factors which have contributed to the success of conflict settlement in the case of Åland and draw some lessons from the failure of conflict regulation thus far in Corsica. It then proceeds to analyse the "Matignon Process" (December 1999- July 2000) which culminated in a compromise document presented by French Government on 20 July 2000 to the Corsican representatives.