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The challenge of DDR in Northern Uganda: The Lord’s Resistance Army

How has Uganda attempted to reintegrate abductees and former combatants from the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) back into civilian life? This article from Conflict, Security and Development analyses disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) in northern Uganda and the challenges facing attempts to reintegrate former LRA combatants. It finds that the impact of Uganda’s informal DDR…

Case Study: Sri Lanka

An independent view from the ground A selection of websites GFN-SSR Document Summaries Event Review

Regional SSR: Central America

Regional SSR Guides SSR in Latin America and the Caribbean This Topic Guide highlights key regional texts and resources that cut across a number of security sectors and countries. Because of the size of the region, several broadly representative country case studies from sub-regions have been selected to highlight particular issues of interest. Whilst not…

Case Study: ‘Right-financing’ in Security Sector Reform

This month’s case study looks at the SSR topic of ‘right-financing’ in Security Sector Reform. Right-financing is concerned with determining an acceptable balance between “right-sizing” security forces and ensuring service quality and fiscal sustainability over time. The right-financing approach to SSR is intended to improve security services’ quality and sustainability, benefiting the international community and…

Uganda Defence Review: Learning From Experience

Editor: Dylan Hendrickson Printed in the UK by Russell Press Limited, Nottingham © King’s College London, 2007 First published September 2007 Pages: 74 Electronic size: 2.56 MB Download full version in pdf format here.

Topic Guide: SSR in Latin America and the Caribbean

This regional guide by Paul Beckitt and Shiv Bakrania provides an introduction to literature on security sector reform (SSR) in Latin America and the Caribbean. It highlights key regional texts and resources that cut across a number of security sectors and countries. Because of the size of the region, several broadly representative country case studies…

Changing intelligence dynamics in Africa

Editors: Sandy Africa and Johnny Kwadjoin collaboration with Paul Jackson, Brigadier (rtd) Wilson Boinett, Andrew Agaba, David Pulkol and Laurie Nathan GFN-SSR and ASSN June 2009 ISBN: 0 7400 2763 X 978 0 7400 2763 1

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