Documents List
BOOK
Global Climate Change: National Security Implications
Authors:
No Named Author;
On March 29-31, 2007, the Strategic Studies Institute and the Triangle Institute for Security Studies conducted a colloquium on “Global Climate Change: National Security Implications” held in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. This volume more...
Keywords:
Armed Conflict;
Capacity Building;
Conflict;
Environment;
National Security;
national security policy;
National Security Strategy;
Countries:
United States of America ;
Regions:
North America ;
Election-Related Disputes and Political Violence: Strengthening the Role of the African Union in Preventing, Managing, and Resolving Conflict
Authors:
No Named Author;
This report observes that electoral conflicts and political violence signal “weaknesses in the governance of elections, the rules of orderly political competition and lack of impartial judiciaries to interpret and adjudicate electoral more...
Keywords:
Accountability;
African Union;
Conflict;
Conflict Prevention;
Regions:
Africa;
The Lord's Resistance Army: In Search for a New Approach
Authors:
No Named Author;
Keywords:
African Union;
Armed Conflict;
Civil-Military Cooperation;
Conflict;
Destabilising;
Donors;
DPKO;
Guerrilla Forces;
Insecurity;
Countries:
Congo Democratic Republic of (Zaire) ;
Uganda ;
Regions:
Africa;
African Great Lakes;
East Africa;
Dollarised
Authors:
Alex de Waal;
Alex de Waal writes about the political marketplace and state-building.
Keywords:
Corruption;
Culture;
Democratic Governance;
Diplomatic ties;
Effectiveness;
Institution Building;
International Actors;
state building;
Countries:
Afghanistan;
Sudan ;
Regions:
Europe;
European Union ;
Global;
North America ;
Central Asia;
Central Africa;
Swedish Contact Group: Security Sector Reform Assesment Framework, Sectoral Questions
Authors:
No Named Author;
The following document is a continuation of the SCG's SSR Assesment toolkit. The document contains relevant questions to pose when conducting an assessment
of the democratic accountability of the security and justice system. The
questions more...
Keywords:
Assessment;
Governance;
Planning;
Security Sector Reform;
Regions:
Global;
Building Integrity and Reducing Corruption in Defence: A Compendium of Best Practices
Authors:
No Named Author;
Transparency and corruption challenges in the defence sphere often affect not only transition states but also established democracies. This compendium, the product of cooperation between Transparency International UK, the NATO PfP more...
Keywords:
Accountability;
Coast Guards;
Corruption;
Transitional Justice and Security System Reform
Executive Summary
The relationship between transitional justice and security system – or sector – reform (SSR)1 is understudied, yet
both contribute to state-building, democratisation and peacebuilding in countries with a legacy more...
Keywords:
Access to Justice;
Accountability;
Accountability and Justice Law;
Judicial Reform;
Justice;
Justice Sector Reform;
Law;
Rule of Law;
Security Sector Reform Monitor: Southern Sudan [April 2010]
Authors:
Mark Sedra;
Human security has remained under threat in many parts of Southern Sudan despite the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) on January 9, 2005. The militarization of civilians during the civil war, the emergence of resource more...
Keywords:
Armed Conflict;
Conflict Prevention;
Conflict Reduction;
Conflict Transformation;
Human Security;
Internally Displaced People;
Peacebuilding;
security sector management;
Security Sector Reform;
Security Sector Transformation (SST);
state building;
Countries:
Sudan ;
Regions:
Central Africa;
Security Sector Reform Monitor: Haiti [April 2010]
Authors:
Mark Sedra;
On January 12, 2010, Haiti experienced a magnitude-seven earthquake that leveled much of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and left more than 200,000 people dead. The natural disaster was a cruel and devastating blow not only because of more...
Keywords:
Security Sector;
Security Sector Governance;
Security Sector Reform;
Security Sector Transformation (SST);
Accountability and Justice Law;
Criminal Violence;
Economic Reform;
Governance;
Humanitarian Aid;
Humanitarian Crisis;
Countries:
Haiti ;
Regions:
Caribbean;
Central America;
Security Sector Reform Monitor: Burundi [April 2010]
Authors:
Mark Sedra;
The first issue of the Security Sector Reform Monitor: Burundi addressed ongoing reforms within the police and the judiciary, two crucial sectors in the Burundian security sector that figure prominently in both the Arusha Peace and more...
Keywords:
Accountability;
Accountability and Justice Law;
Democratic Governance;
Development;
International Law;
Judicial Reform;
Judiciary;
Justice;
Justice Sector Reform;
Law and Order;
Police Reform;
Policing;
Post-Conflict;
Security;
Security Sector;
Security Sector Governance;
security sector management;
Security Sector Reform;
Security Sector Transformation (SST);
Countries:
Burundi ;
Regions:
Africa;
African Great Lakes;
Transforming Internal Security in Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Police and Broader Justice Sector Reform
Authors:
No Named Author;
This report analyses how Sierra Leone Police (SLP) and broader justice sector reform has been integral to the process of the country’s state-building process since before conflict officially came to an end in January 2002. The report more...
Keywords:
Governance;
Justice;
Justice Sector Reform;
Paramilitary Forces;
Police Reform;
Policing;
Policing (sector);
Post-Conflict;
Countries:
Sierra Leone ;
Regions:
West Africa;
Persuasive Prevention: Towards a Principle for Implementing Article 4(h) and R2P by the African Union
Authors:
No Named Author;
While the legality of intervention without Security Council authorisation is still debatablein international law, over-reliance on military intervention increases the risk of too much focus on reactive rather than proactive strategies. more...
Keywords:
Accountability;
Accountability and Justice Law;
Conflict;
Conflict Prevention;
Conflict Resolution;
Human Rights;
Humanitarian Aid;
International Law;
Justice;
Responsibility to Protect;
Regions:
Africa;
The Dynamics of Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Peace Building in West Africa: Between Change and Stability
Authors:
No Named Author;
This essay problematizes the phenomenon of peace building, especially in postconflict settings in West Africa. It raises questions on the conception, logic, origin, ideology and practice of post-conflict peace building. In addition, more...
Keywords:
Peacebuilding;
Post-Conflict;
Countries:
Liberia ;
Sierra Leone ;
Regions:
Africa;
West Africa;
Security Sector Reform in Challenging Environments
Authors:
Hans Born;
Gordon Peake;
Albrecht Scharbel;
More often than not Security Sector Reform (SSR) takes place against many odds, in barely enabling political, security, economic and social environments. Such difficult contexts may be characterised by widespread corruption, ongoing more...
Keywords:
Post-Conflict;
Security;
Security Sector;
Security Sector Governance;
Security Sector Reform;
Security Sector Transformation (SST);
Security System Reform;
Stabilisation;
Countries:
Central African Republic ;
Colombia ;
Congo Democratic Republic of (Zaire) ;
Georgia ;
Morocco ;
Nepal ;
Sri Lanka ;
Regions:
Central Africa;
Latin America;
South America;
African Great Lakes;
Caspian Sea Region ;
Caucasus Region;
Black Sea Region;
North Africa;
Western Mediterranean;
Central Asia;
South Asia;
Sudan AEC January 2010 Evaluation Report
Authors:
No Named Author;
In introducing the report, at a press conference to mark its publication and the fifth anniversary of the CPA, the AEC Chairman Sir Derek Plumbly made the following opening remarks.
“It is eighteen months since the publication more...
Keywords:
Peace Agreement;
Peacebuilding;
Countries:
Sudan ;
Regions:
Central Africa;
Sri Lanka: A Bitter Peace - Asia Briefing N°99
Authors:
No Named Author;
since the decisive military victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Sri Lanka has made little progress in reconstructing its battered democratic institutions or establishing conditions for a stable peace. Eight months more...
Keywords:
Conflict Prevention;
Democratic Reform of the Military;
Democratic Security;
Disarmament Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR);
Militants;
Security Sector Reform;
Countries:
Sri Lanka ;
Regions:
South Asia;
Global Report 2009: Conflict, Governance, and State Fragility
Authors:
No Named Author;
Global Report 2009 provides macro-comparative evaluations of contemporary global conditions, qualities, and trends over time in the three core dimensions of societal-systems analysis: conflict, governance, and development. These performance more...
Keywords:
Good Governance;
Governance;
Jonglei's Tribal Conflicts: Countering Insecurity in South Sudan
Authors:
No Named Author;
Conflicts among tribes have claimed several thousand lives in South Sudan in 2009, with the worst violence in and around the vast, often impassable state of Jonglei. Violence often afflicts pastoral communities, but in this area it more...
Keywords:
Conflict Prevention;
Stabilisation;
Countries:
Sudan ;
Regions:
Central Africa;
ASSET SSR Bulletin
Authors:
No Named Author;
Welcome to the first Quarterly SSR Bulletin of the Association for Security Sector Education and Training! Since its inception in March 2008, ASSET has continued to grow in size and strength. Today, ASSET comprises 24 member organisations more...
Keywords:
Good Governance;
Governance;
Security Sector Governance;
Security Sector Reform;
Security Sector Transformation (SST);
Countries:
Guatemala ;
Switzerland ;
Regions:
Africa;
Central America;
Latin America;
Western Europe;
Institutionalizing Cooperation: Public Goods Experiments in the Aftermath of Civil War
Authors:
No Named Author;
Fostering cooperation is one of the main tasks of state building in the aftermath of civil wars, yet little is known about the effects of institutions of integration in increasing interethnic cooperation and facilitating peace. We more...
Keywords:
Conflict Prevention;
Cooperation;
Countries:
Bosnia and Herzegovina ;
Regions:
South East Europe;
Diamonds and Human Security - Annual Review 2009
Authors:
No Named Author;
By all indications, and from the evidence gathered for this year's Diamonds and Human Security Annual Review, the Kimberley Process
Keywords:
Corruption;
Regions:
Africa;
Filling the Void: Contractors as Peacemakers in Africa
Authors:
No Named Author;
The international community has witnessed a growing trend over the past ten to 15 years of for-profit firms playing an increasingly important role as partners supporting peace, stability and reconstruction operations in conflict, more...
Keywords:
Stability;
Peace;
Private Military Companies (PMCs);
Private Sector;
Private Security Companies;
Security Sector Reform;
Regions:
Africa;
Security Sector Reform: Post-conflict Integration
Authors:
Mark Knight;
This research paper was commissioned by GFN-SSR as part of a helpdesk support to inform HMG to report on its engagement in the context of Nepal. The query asked for illustrative examples and lessons of integration; in particular, more...
Keywords:
Post-Conflict;
Countries:
Nepal ;
Regions:
Central Asia;
Palestinian Security Sector Governance: The View of the Security Forces in Jenin - DCAF Spotlight No. 4 (September 2009)
Authors:
No Named Author;
How do security forces in Jenin see their relations with the citizens?
Palestinian security officers in Jenin have a mixed view of their relations with the citizens. While underlining improvement in relations with the public during more...
Keywords:
Governance;
Security Sector Governance;
Countries:
Palestine;
Regions:
Middle East;
United Nations Security Council: Nineteenth Progress Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission in Liberia
Authors:
No Named Author;
By its resolution 1836 (2008), the Security Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) until 30 September 2009, and requested me to report on progress made in achieving the core benchmarks set out more...
Keywords:
Conflict Resolution;
Peacekeeping;
Countries:
Liberia ;
Regions:
West Africa;