Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR)

West Africa: Liberia and Sierra Leone

As attention shifts towards longer-term development in Liberia and Sierra Leone, Accord 23 argues that peacebuilding should remain a priority. More needs to be done to repair and build relationships among communities, and between communities and the state; and to develop more participatory politics and society that includes marginalised groups.

The limits of leadership: Elites and societies in the Nagorny Karabakh peace process

Dec 2005
As Azerbaijan and Armenia remain in deadlock over Nagorny Karabakh, Accord issue 17 highlights the challenges and obstacles to a sustainable agreement.

Nagorny Karabakh

Since the ceasefire in 1994 Azerbaijan and Armenia have remained in deadlock over Nagorny Karabakh in the South Caucasus. An internationally sponsored peace process based on closed talks between the leaders has yielded several proposals but no agreement.

Accord 17 highlights the obstacles to a sustainable agreement and explores the challenge of bridging the gap between potential for settlement at the negotiating table and popular resistance to the compromises that this entails. It contains sections on:

Somaliland: 'home grown' peacemaking and political reconstruction

Whose peace is it anyway? Connecting Somali and international peacemaking
Feb 2010
Ulf Terlinden and Mohamed Hassan chart the history of Somaliland’s political development from indigenous grassroots peacebuilding processes in the early 1990s to the development of a democratic political system from 2002.

Beyond the silencing of guns: Demobilisation, disarmament and reintegration

From military peace to social justice? The Angolan peace process
Oct 2004
Imogen Parsons examines Angola’s demobilisation, disarmament and reintegration framework and the practical measures and challenges involved in its implementation, in particular the hurried timetable and the lack of resources and coordination.

Angola

Angola’s 26-year civil war ended in April 2002 with the signing of the Luena Memorandum of Understanding between the government and the Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). Marking the end of the government’s campaign to achieve peace through war, the Luena Memorandum built on a series of previous failed peace agreements.

From military peace to social justice? The Angolan peace process

Oct 2004

From military peace to social justice? The Angolan peace process (Accord issue 15, 2004) asks ‘what next?’ for a nation that has secured a ‘military peace’ but still faces huge challenges in post-conflict peacebuilding and a secessionist war in Cabinda. It provides lessons from Angola’s history of conflict and peacemaking, and reviews past peace processes and the roles played by Angolan civil society, institutions such as the United Nations and foreign governments.

In search of a new model for conflict resolution

Alternatives to war: Colombia’s peace processes
Feb 2004
Daniel García-Peña explores two historical models of negotiations associated with Presidents Betancur and Barco and how they have been applied by other administrations. Learning from these experiences, he expounds features for a new negotiating model.

Peace processes 1990-1994

Alternatives to war: Colombia’s peace processes
Feb 2004
Vera Grabe, former guerrilla and co-founder of the 19 April Movement (M-19), describes the peace processes that the M-19 and three other groups took part in and their ensuing participation in Colombia’s Constituent Assembly.

'When will this end and what will it take?': People's perspectives on addressing the Lord's Resistance Army conflict

Nov 2011
What do those people directly affected by the Lord's Resistance Army conflict actually think about it? Conciliation Resources' report provides an in-depth study of their perceptions.

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