SSR Beginners Guide
GFN SSR Flyer
Security Sector Reform Provisions in Peace Agreements
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Author: Eboe Hutchful, African Security Sector Network Printed in the UK by the University of Birmingham, 2009
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Peace agreements form a crucial entry point for security sector reform (SSR). However, there has been little consistency in the way that security sector reform provisions have been approached (or implemented) in peace agreements. This report is the result of a research project which examines peace agreements from eight countries in Africa (Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Sudan, Burundi, DRC, Sierra Leone and Liberia), two from Central America (El Salvador and Guatemala) and one from Asia (East Timor). The report demonstrates that there is a potentially high price to be paid for failing to integrate issues of SSR into peace negotiations and agreements at the very outset, or for doing so in a selective and shallow manner. The risks are detailed and recommendations for future provisions in peace agreements are presented.
- Report Summary (30 Pages, 1.8MB)
- Main Report (66 Pages, 2MB)
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- Accountability / Transparency
- Border management
- Civil society
- Disarmament, Demobilisation & Reintegration
- Financial management
- Gender issues
- Human security
- Intelligence
- International assistance
- Military / Soldiers
- Non-state actors
- Poverty
- Education / Training
- Project sustainability
- Religion
- Safety, Security and Access to Justice
- Small Arms & Light Weapons
- Social exclusion
- Statebuilding / Governance
- Violent conflict
GFN-SSR has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with DCAF. This is supported by an annual workplan outlining particular activities for cooperation and areas for information exchange.
GFN-SSR works closely with our sister project, the GSDRC, which specialises in information and resources on specific governance and social development issues.
