Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR)

Uganda’s Amnesty Act: Communiqué and accompanying note

Jun 2012

On 23 May 2012, Uganda’s Minister of Internal Affairs declared the lapse of the Amnesty Act. This decision was apparently taken without any reference to Uganda’s Parliament.

Engagement of armed groups in peace processes - Report on Wilton Park Conference

Dec 2005
This report on the Wilton Park Conference, held in a association with Conciliation Resources in December 2005 examines the issue of engaging armed groups in peace processes.

Engaging armed groups - Joint analysis workshop report

Dec 2007
This report on the engaging armed groups in peace processes workshop, hosted by Conciliation Resources in July 2004 presents a series of recommendations based on principles emerging from the workshop discussions.

Engaging armed groups - Accord concept paper

Jan 2005
This concept note outlines the rationale and methodology for Conciliation Resources' Accord publication on engaging armed groups in peace processes.

LRA conflict: Who is responsible for the consequences of military action?

There are significant challenges to peace prospects In East and Central Africa. With the African Union and United Nations’ recent joint declaration to launch a regional military strategy against the Lord’s Resistance Army, added to public attention focusing on calls for an escalation of force, we share our local partners' concerns that the response must centre on the protection of civilians. Lessons must be learnt from the past.

What will it take to end the LRA conflict?

Mar 2012

In this opinion piece Kennedy Tumutegyereize sets out the background to the LRA conflict and how regional and international action (and inaction) plays a part in perpetuating the conflict.

Ending the violence and insecurity caused by the Lord's Resistance Army conflict is more about empowering civil society and seeking and supporting local solutions across many countries than about keeping US military advisers in the region.

Consolidating peace: Liberia and Sierra Leone

Mar 2012

Almost ten years on from the official end of wars in Sierra Leone (2002) and Liberia (2003), attention is shifting from post-war peacebuilding to longer-term development. What headway has been made? What challenges lie ahead? And what lessons that can be learnt?

Conclusion: consolidating peace

Consolidating peace: Liberia and Sierra Leone
Mar 2012
This conclusion to Accord 23 makes suggestions for peacebuilding policy and practice. It argues that peacebuilding policy needs to concentrate more on people, and building relationships between communities, and between communities and the state.

Work not war: youth transformation in Liberia and Sierra Leone

Consolidating peace: Liberia and Sierra Leone
Mar 2012
Ibrahim Bangura and Irma Specht use interviews with young Liberian and Sierra Leonean men and women to describe how weak demobilisation processes and poor educational and employment prospects fail to address their aspirations and allow them to return to violence.

Human security in Liberia: Local perspectives on formal and informal security sectors

Consolidating peace: Liberia and Sierra Leone
Mar 2012
Richard Reeve and Jackson Speare draw on local people's perspectives to review the current state of Liberia's security sector. Despite formal efforts, rural areas are still poorly policed, women are wary of security structures, and tensions remain between formal efforts and customary security arrangements.

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