Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration provide initial services to former fighters. Best practices for successful disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration this paper identifies and discusses best practices for successful disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration ddr of former combatants in intrastate military conflicts and civil wars, which is a vital component of achieving peace among warring factions. Pdf women and girls and disarmament, demobilization and. Through a process of removing weapons from the hands of members of armed groups, taking these combatants out of their groups and helping them to reintegrate as civilians into society, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration seeks to support excombatants and those associated with armed groups, so that they can become active participants in the peace process. This report focuses on the role of natural resources in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration ddr programmes and illustrates how the management of natural resources can be used to promote more effective and sustainable reintegration. The sheer scope and scale of ddr activities over the past few decades is surprisingly broad.
The remoteness of the affected areas and the scarce information available means that further investigation will. The process of disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration ddr of former combatants features in most of africas postconflict reconstruction programs. The coevolution of concepts, practices, and understanding. The experience of rwanda, burundi, and the democratic republic of congo. Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration clingendael. The national committee for disarmament, demobilization and reintegration ncddr was created in september 1998 with the daunting task of restoring peace in sierra leone, a country just emerging. Generally, ddr processes occur at the end of an armed conflict when the government forces need to be downsized to peacetime levels and armed groups, with whom the government has signed.
Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration ddr 2010 a retrospective look at this crucial peacekeeping issue. The long term success for ddr is highly dependent on development and the existence of economic alternatives for demobilized excombatants. Today, gtz profits from a wide range of experience in the implementation of ddr projects in various countries such as cambodia, eritrea, ethiopia, mozambique, rwanda, sierra leone, somaliland and uganda. When do disarmament, demobilisation reintegration programmes. Oi policy compendium note on disarmament, demobilisation, and reintegration ddr 1 overview. Second generation disarmament, demobilization and reintegration ddr practices in peace operations. The peace agreement leadingup from ceasefire agreement after the end of conflict. Next generation disarmament, demobilization and reintegration. To assess the impact of demobilization one has to consider the resources involved, the dynamic processes of production, redistribution and the different factors and actors in policy making and implementation. Disarmament entails the physical removal of the means of combat from exbelligerents weapons, ammunition, etc.
The process of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration ddr of former combatants plays a. Ddr and armed nonstatutory actors in the current debate, statutory armed entities are often labelled armed nonstate actors ansas or nonstate armed groups nsags and are defined as any organized group with a basic structure of command operating outside state control that uses force, or. Since 1989, international efforts to end protracted conflicts have included sustained investments in the disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration ddr of. Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration ddr pro grams have developed as a response by the international community to the per ceived risk of a return to violence if former combatants are not rehabilitated and. Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration and local. Effective weapons and ammunition management in a changing disarmament, demobilization and reintegration context a handbook for united nations ddr practitioners.
Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration ddr in africa. Innovations in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration policy and research 3 that unify what are otherwise disparate ddr experiences. Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration ddr has become an integral part of postconflict peace consolidation, featuring prominently in the mandates of peacekeeping operations over the last twenty years. Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration ddr. The disarmament, demobilization and reintegration section has deployed mediation support to darfur, central african republic, colombia, mali and yemen. Best practices for successful disarmament, demobilization.
It explains the link between ddr in africa and the evolution of post. Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration unoau. Demilitarizing official and unofficial armed groups by controlling and reducing the possession and use of arms, disbanding nonstate armed groups, and reducing the size of state security services, and. Disarmament demobilization and reintegration ddr african. Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration ddr is a critical element of post conflict peace building pcpb. Gender and disarmament, demobilization and reintegration. An institute for security studies iss paper calls it the achilles heel of ddr pdf. Ddr seeks to support the excombatants economic and social reintegration, so they can. Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration united nations. Ddr programs downsize armed forces, or disband them completely. Genderaware disarmament, demobilization and reintegration. Of course, there can be no substitute for national leadership and the political commitment of. Constructive cooperation with neighbouring countries, regional and multilateral organisations in addressing the insecurity in northern mozambique will also be important. Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration compendium of projects 20102017 xi definitions1 armed forces the military organization of a state with a legal basis and supporting institutional infrastructure.
If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple faq for additional information. A framework for lasting disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of former combatants in crisis situations. Multicountry demobilization and reintegration program. It is a vital part of the transition from war to peace.
Launched in october 2016, the iddrs provide guidance for ddr activities in the field. Rethinking disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programs. Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration wikipedia. Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of ex. Standards iddrs was compiled to help users find their way through. Operational guide to the integrated disarmament, demobilization. Innovations in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration. Practical experience of disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration ddr programs shows that the ddr process mostly fails during the reintegration phase. Programs for the disarmament, demobilization,and reintegration ddr of excombatants have become more common as an element in the peacebuilders toolkit.
The disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of child soldiers. Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration ddr in. Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration standards. Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration in aceh acronyms bds business development services caff children associated with fighting forces cbo communitybased organisation ddr disarmament demobilization reintegration idp internally displaced persons iddrs integrated ddr standards iawgddr interagency working group on ddr. Effective weapons and ammunition management in a changing. Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration and local ownership in the great lakes.
Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration the institute. In these camps, excombatants are also provided food, shelter, medical attention, basic education, and orientation to civilian life. The operational guide to the integrated disarmament, demobilization and reintegration. Sep, 2017 click here to access the ddr compendium click here to access the au ddr resource and research centre web platform in february 2012, the african union commission, through the peace and security department psd, initiated the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration capacity program ddrcp by holding a consultation seminar on ddr with the regional economic communities recs and. May 22, 2017 evaluations of ddr programming identify reintegration as the most challenging aspect of the process. Most reintegration options can be identified only after information on.
Assisting former combatants to reintegrate into civilian life. Te politics of disarmament and rearmament in afganistan summary four internationally funded disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration ddr programs initiated after 2003two targeting governmentaligned militias and two targeting insurgentshave failed to make afghanistan more secure. Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration disarmament, demobilization and reintegration ddr is a process that contributes to security and stability by disarming combatants, removing them from military structures, and socially and economically integrating them into society. Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration programs. Incontrasttomany othersituations,insierraleonetherehasbeenan.
This article draws on the experience of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration ddr programs on the african continent. Nextgeneration disarmament, demobilization and reintegration. Demobilization and reintegration macartan humphreys. In this context the disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration of excombatants is an important field of activity for gtz. Oxfam internationals position on ddr ddr involves the disarmament, demobilisation, and reintegration of excombatants into civilian life at the end of a conflict. Approximately two thirds of these ddr interventions were launched in africa, with the remainder in latin america and the caribbean, south eastern europe, central and south asia and the south pacific. Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration is the process of. Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration and post. Ddr disarmament, demobilization and reintegration broadly refers to the process by which combatants become civilians and military assets are transformed to benefit civilian economy, society and infrastructure.
The role of natural resources in disarmament, demobilization. Demilitarization can be used in times of peace as well, to reduce the size of armed forces and redistribute public spending. Armed groups a group that has the potential to employ arms in the use of force to achieve political, ideological or economic objectives, is not within the formal military. Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of ex. Pdf disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration and post. Ddr of ex combatants are crucial to achieving a lasting peace. A framework for lasting disarmament, demobilization, and. The disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of child. Through a process of removing weapons from the hands of members of armed groups, taking these combatants out of their groups and helping them to. While there is a growing understanding among stakeholders that the reintegration process needs to be supported in order to be successful, the means. Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration inclusive security.
Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration ddr unamid. The ultimate objective of demobilization and reintegration efforts should be to improve the welfare of people. Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration in aceh. Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration ddr united. Effective weapons and ammunition management in a changing disarmament, demobilization and reintegration context a handbook for united nations ddr practitioners download pdf. Despite the logistical challenges of disarmament and demobilization, reintegrationthe acquisition of civilian status and sustainable employment and incomeis considered the most difficult phase of any ddr process. By massimo fusato july 2003 disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration ddr of excombatants is a first step in the transition from war to peace. A practical overview peace operations training institute xi. Nextgeneration disarmament, demobilization and reintegration robert muggah tuesday, june 17, 2014 the notion of disarming, then disbanding and rehabilitating former soldiers in the aftermath of. Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration united. The successful disarmament, demobilization and reintegration. Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration world bank. Fresh insights on disarmament, demobilization and reintegration. Nov 21, 2017 the interagency working group iawg on disarmament, demobilization and reintegration ddr of excombatants held a workshop in stockholm, from 17 to 19 october 2017 on the revision of the integrated ddr standards iddrs.
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