Community security and Security Sector Reform (SSR)

Alternatives to war: Colombia’s peace processes

Feb 2004

Alternatives to war: Colombia’s peace processes (Accord issue 14, 2004) is an introduction to more than three decades of peacemaking efforts. It reveals the extraordinary work of civilians at grassroots, regional and national levels, and documents the main features and outcomes of formal peace processes with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the National Liberation Army (ELN), smaller guerrilla groups and more recently the paramilitaries.

How Somali-led peace processes work: section introduction

Whose peace is it anyway? Connecting Somali and international peacemaking
Feb 2010
Pat Johnson and Abdirahman Raghe explain how locally-managed Somali peace processes have proved more effective than their internationally-sponsored ‘national’ counterparts.

An African solution to Somalia? A conversation with Nicolas Bwakira

Whose peace is it anyway? Connecting Somali and international peacemaking
Feb 2010
The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia discusses the role that the AU Mission in Somalia is playing in support of Somalia’s transitional government.

Security and stabilization in Somalia

Whose peace is it anyway? Connecting Somali and international peacemaking
Feb 2010
Jeremy Brickhill critiques international involvement in Somali in relation to security, arguing that the strategy of building a state with a monopoly of violence has not worked, while security arrangements are central to endogenous Somali peace processes.

Aceh's new era: An interview with Irwandi Yusuf

Reconfiguring politics: The Indonesia-Aceh peace process
Sep 2008
Governor of Aceh Irwandi Yusuf discusses the 2005 peace agreement, the developing relationship between the Acehnese people and the Indonesian government, and the priorities for implementation.

Shari'ah in Aceh: Panacea or blight?

Reconfiguring politics: The Indonesia-Aceh peace process
Sep 2008
Aceh is the only place in Indonesia that can apply certain aspects of Shari'ah law. Fadlullah Wilmot warns that Shari'ah as currently implemented is founded on a dubious interpretation of Islam that ignores many aspects of Aceh's identity.

Keeping the peace: Security in Aceh

Reconfiguring politics: The Indonesia-Aceh peace process
Sep 2002
Sidney Jones identifies developments that have emerged that could destabilise the peace process, including a dysfunctional reintegration process, killings and campaigns to split Aceh into two new provinces.

Civil society engagement in the peace process

Reconfiguring politics: The Indonesia-Aceh peace process
Sep 2008
Afridal Darmi describes civil society engagement in the peace process, from assisting in security monitoring to facilitating public engagement in the drafting of the Law on the Governing of Aceh.

Whose peace is it anyway? connecting Somali and international peacemaking

Feb 2010
Accord 21, Whose peace is it anyway? connecting Somali and international peacemaking, seeks to improve understanding and links between Somalis and international policy and practice. Edited by Mark Bradbury and Sally Healy it contains over 30 articles including interviews with Somali elders and senior diplomats, and contributions from Somali and international peacemaking practitioners, academics, involved parties, civil society and women’s organisations.

Somalia

Accord 21 seeks to improve understanding and links between Somalis and international policy and practice. Edited by Mark Bradbury and Sally Healy it contains over 30 articles, including interviews with Somali elders and senior diplomats from the African Union, the UN and IGAD; and contributions from Somali and international peacemaking practitioners, academics, involved parties, civil society and women’s organisations.

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