Engaging armed groups

Facilitating dialogue with armed insurgents in the Philippines: The Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees

Choosing to engage: Armed groups and peace processes
May 2005
Accord Armed Groups: Facilitating dialogue with armed insurgents in the Philippines
Reaching the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees between the government of the Philippines and the NDF was difficult. Rene Sarmiento describes how creative language was used to protect GRP sovereignty and territorial integrity while respecting NDF organisational dignity.

Engaging armed groups: The challenge of asymmetries

Choosing to engage: Armed groups and peace processes
May 2005
Accord Armed Groups: The challenge of asymmetries
Liz Philipson argues that interveners in conflicts must make better analyses of the asymmetrical relations between states and armed groups to avoid institutionalising inequalities. She explores the different dimensions of asymmetry that might frustrate negotiations.

Engaging the Revolutionary United Front in Sierra Leone: An insider's perspective

Choosing to engage: Armed groups and peace processes
May 2005
Accord Armed Groups: Engaging the Revolutionary United Front
Sandi and Fortune show how civil society actors sought to complement the efforts of international mediators in Sierra Leone while attending the Lomé talks as observers and engaging RUF delegates informally.

Negotiating a ceasefire between Mayi-mayi militias and the Congolese Rally for Democracy

Choosing to engage: Armed groups and peace processes
May 2005
Accord Armed Groups: Negotiating a ceasefire between Mayi-mayi militias and the Congolese Rally for Democracy
Drawing on the experience of the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers and Life & Peace Institute in the DRC in 2002-03, Steve Smith discusses dilemmas over how far track two actors can persist in facilitating negotiations when track one actors oppose their efforts.

The relationship between track one and track two diplomacy

Choosing to engage: Armed groups and peace processes
May 2005
Accord Armed Groups: The relationship between track one and track two diplomacy
Observing that both peace process and armed groups have become increasingly complex and heterogeneous, Julian Hottinger reviews the comparative advantages of – and complementarities between – track one and track two players’ engagement of armed groups.

Operation Lifeline Sudan

Choosing to engage: Armed groups and peace processes
May 2005
Accord Armed Groups: Operation Lifeline Sudan
Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS) was first operation in which the UN dealt with an armed group without conferring recognition upon it. Lam Akol describes the development of the OLS humanitarian relief programme and how it linked with new opportunities for peacemaking.

Dealing with complexity in peace negotiations: Reflections on the Lord’s Resistance Army and the Juba talks

Jan 2012
Since the Juba talks collapsed in December 2008 and the conflict spread into neighbouring countries, there has been little appetite for renewed talks in the region. This paper focuses on the lessons that need to be learnt from the Juba peace talks.

Implications of the US Government’s ‘material support laws’ for international peacebuilding

Jun 2011

In this presentation given in Sweden, Andy Carl highlights the serious implications for peacebuilding of anti-terrorist and material support laws.

The struggle against landmines: An opening for peace talks in Colombia

Choosing to engage: Armed groups and peace processes
May 2005
Accord Armed Groups: The struggle against landmines
Elisabeth Reusse-Decrey discusses the results of talks on banning landmines between the National Liberation Army and the Colombian government facilitated by Geneva Call, drawing lessons about opening new possibilities for dialogue between belligerents.

Vive la différence? Humanitarian and political approaches to engaging armed groups

Choosing to engage: Armed groups and peace processes
May 2005
Accord Armed groups: Vive la difference?
David Petrasek explores the relationship between humanitarian initiatives focused on preventing and mitigating the consequences of war and political initiatives focused on ending war, recognising that in practice each impinges upon the other but there are dangers in relating the two.

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