Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mendeskripsi relasi kepala desa dan BPD dalam pemanfaatan dana desa untuk pembangunan masyarakat. Penelitian dilakukan di Kecamatan Namlea Kabupaten Buru dengan sampel kasus meliputi wilayah Desa Namlea, Desa Jamilu dan Desa Lala. Metode penelitian yang dipergunakan dalam penelitian ini menggunakan metode studi kasus pendekatan kualitatif. Jumlah informan yang akan diwawancarai sebanyak 40 orang yang diambil secara purposive dengan pertimbangan informan dianggap sebagai pihak-pihak yang terkait dan dapat memberikan informasi memadai untuk mencapai tujuan penelitian. Teknik analisis yang digunakan dalam mengikuti konsep yang diberikan Miles and Huberman dan Spradley. Miles and Huberman, bahwa aktivitas dalam analisis data kualitatif dilakukan secara interaktif dan berlangsung secara terus menerus pada setiap tahapan penelitian sehingga sampai tuntas, dan datanya sampai jenuh. Aktivitas dalam analisis data yaitu reduksi data (data reduction), penyajian data (data display), penarikan kesimpulan atau verifikasi (conclusion drawing/ verification). Hasil kajian penelitian mengemukakan tahap perencanaan pembangunan desa di kecamatan Namlea telah dilakukan dengan cukup baik, dengan adanya keterlibatan dan partisipasi masyarakat secara umum. Keterlibatan lembaga desa untuk pengelolaan dana desa memungkinkan untuk kolaborasi ide dan sumber daya sehingga pada tahap implementasi dana desa dapat dihasilkan optimasi untuk mencapai target.

This article seeks to explore the tensions arising from the interaction between human rights and counter-terrorism and contribute to the debate on the feasibility of sustaining the former in such trying situations as the latter through the determination of a role for the United Nations' Human Rights treaty monitoring bodies in protecting human rights while countering terrorism. While the article acknowledges and does not for a moment suggest that this mechanism is intended to be the panacea for the problem raised, it is explored with the understanding of its potential in contributing to the work of the larger United Nations' human rights machinery in protecting human rights while countering terrorism. The article begins with a brief discussion of the relationship between counter-terrorism and human rights and the many controversies surrounding the debate which will be the focus of the first part of the article. The second part provides a detailed examination and thematic analysis of the work of the United Nations' human rights treaty bodies in the area of protecting human rights while countering terrorism through which a role for the human rights treaty monitoring bodies is seen to emerge. This role is given further perspective and refinement through the addressing of the weaknesses, both internal and external, of the United Nations' human rights treaty system and through recommendations for further action which will be the focus of the third part of the article. Resumen:Este artículo tiene como objetivo analizar las tensiones derivadas de la interacción entre los Derechos Humanos y el contraterrorismo. Se contribuye de esta manera al debate sobre la posibilidad de mantener tales derechos en las complejas circunstancias derivadas de la ejecución de políticas de contra-terrorismo, definiendo un papel para los organismos de las Naciones Unidas encargados de velar por el cumplimiento de los Derechos Humanos. Este artículo ni mucho menos pretende que los mecanismos en discusión representen la panacea para el problema planteado, si bien se consideran entendiendo su potencial para contribuir a su mejor utilización por parte de los organismos de las Naciones Humanas aun cuando se den circunstancias en las que los imperativos del contraterrorismo puedan resultar en un desafío a su cumplimiento. El artículo empieza con una breve discusión sobre entre contraterrorismo y Derechos Humanos y las muchas controversias que rodean al debate, tema al que se dedica por entero la primera parte. La segunda parte proporciona un detallado examen y análisis temático de la labor de las organismos que velan por los Derechos Humanos en el seno de las Naciones Unidas para los que deriva un papel de protección cuando se apliquen políticas de contraterrorismo. A este papel se le otorga una perspectiva más definida a través del estudio de las debilidades, tanto internas como externas, del sistema de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas y a través de una serie de recomendaciones para su mejora y de las que tratará la tercera parte.

Constructive engagementWhile a plethora of approaches are currently being undertaken towards post-war Sri Lanka by both international and domestic communities, a process of constructive engagement with issues -that will not serve as damning indictments but rather as positive and hopeful stimuli that can inspire action -ought to be recommended.Confrontational and adversarial approaches are known to push back most prospects of democratic governance and national reconciliation in post-war contexts the world over. Hence, what becomes imperative in such contexts is the devising of innovative and creative strategies that can rebuild confidences between stakeholders to national governance processes and further, with international mechanisms.To this end, developing a climate of comfort for open and honest dialogue can be a valuable starting point. A positive approach to engaging the issues of national governance and reconciliation can undoubtedly lead to even greater engagement of stakeholders by making it clear to all of the value in having a say in the course that is being chartered for the future of their country.

The article is set within the context of the emerging discourse on environmental security and sustainable development. It seeks to inject a new paradigm into the discourse by demonstrating how a human rights based approach could aid the advancement of the agenda of environmental security and protection, while at the same time generating impetus for international human rights law to widen its purview of focus, through a comprehensive examination of the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights. The article culminates in an analysis of the raison d'être for the formal establishment of a human right to an environment in international law, and the challenges of such a project, if undertaken.