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2. Security Sector Reform: Post-conflict Integration
- Author:
- Mark Knight
- Publication Date:
- 08-2009
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Global Facilitation Network for Security Sector Reform
- Abstract:
- This research paper was commissioned by GFN-SSR as part of a help-desk 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, examples of integration into armies, integration into non-military forces (police, armed police, intelligence, etc), and creation of new security structures (industrial security forces, border police, etc) into which ex-combatants are then integrated.
- Topic:
- Security, Defense Policy, and Communism
- Political Geography:
- Asia and Nepal
3. Changing intelligence dynamics in Africa
- Author:
- Sandy Africa
- Publication Date:
- 06-2009
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Global Facilitation Network for Security Sector Reform
- Abstract:
- A common public perception about modern day intelligence services in Africa is that they are mere extensions of the too-often authoritarian leaders under whom they operate. In some cases, the intelligence services appear to tolerate this perception – some would suggest even fuel it – because of the apparent power, access and influence intelligence provides. As despised or ridiculed as intelligence services might be, they often hold a trump card in domestic and international relations, and are quite aware of this relative advantage.
- Topic:
- Security and Intelligence
- Political Geography:
- Africa
4. What is the case for a security and justice focus in development assistance programming? An assessment of existing literature and evidence
- Author:
- Dylan Hendrickson and Olawake Ismail
- Publication Date:
- 04-2009
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Global Facilitation Network for Security Sector Reform
- Abstract:
- This literature review on security and justice was commissioned by DFID and is intended to support the preparation of the new DFID White Paper on 'Securing our Common Future'. The purpose of the literature review is to find evidence to support the 'case for security and justice'. The key question it asks is why DFID (and other development agencies) should see security and justice as core business?
- Topic:
- Security, Human Rights, Human Welfare, and Law
- Political Geography:
- Africa
5. Security System Transformation in Sierra Leone, 1997-2007
- Author:
- Paul Jackson and Peter Albrecht
- Publication Date:
- 02-2009
- Content Type:
- Book
- Institution:
- Global Facilitation Network for Security Sector Reform
- Abstract:
- In 2007, for the first time in two decades, Sierra Leone conducted a generally peaceful national election without international peacekeeping assistance. This successful election earned the praise of international election observers as free, fair and credible. Most important, these elections were conducted by and for the people of Sierra Leone, who exercised their right to vote in a generally orderly environment made possible by their own security forces.
- Topic:
- Security and Political Violence
- Political Geography:
- Sierra Leone
6. Security Sector Reform Provisions in Peace Agreements
- Author:
- Eboe Hutchful
- Publication Date:
- 01-2009
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Global Facilitation Network for Security Sector Reform
- Abstract:
- The experience of the United Nations in mediating peace agreements has demonstrated the importance of addressing security issues at the outset. Early arrangements, for example with regard to composition and roles of security forces, can have significant impact on peace implementation. Failure to address the requirements of effective and accountable security can sow the seeds for future conflict, as earlier peace processes in Sierra Leone demonstrated, or lead to large, economically unsustainable forces, as Uganda has addressed. Failure to take into account the security needs of marginalized and socially excluded groups, such as women and children, can create new security problems, as alarmingly high rates of sexual violence in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo demonstrate.
- Topic:
- Security and Peace Studies
- Political Geography:
- Uganda, Africa, Latin America, and Sierra Leone
7. Governance and Security Sector Reform
- Author:
- Emmanuel B. Osho Coker
- Publication Date:
- 10-2008
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Global Facilitation Network for Security Sector Reform
- Abstract:
- The working paper series on Sierra Leone is part of the research programme 'Security System Transformation in Sierra Leone, 1997-2007'. These working papers present perspectives from both Sierra Leone and the United Kingdom regarding the implementation of activities broadly defined as security sector reform (SSR) in the period towards the end of and following the Sierra Leone war.
- Topic:
- Security, Defense Policy, and Governance
- Political Geography:
- Africa and Sierra Leone
8. The Security and Development Nexus: A Case Study of Sierra Leone, 2004-2006
- Author:
- Mark White
- Publication Date:
- 10-2008
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Global Facilitation Network for Security Sector Reform
- Abstract:
- In my observations below, I will not focus on the individual successes within the Sierra Leonean security sector itself over the duration of the security sector reform (SSR) process. Instead, I will focus on the interconnections and disjuncture between security and development that occurred during my time in Sierra Leone. I will also attempt to demonstrate that whilst significant progress has been made since 1999 in ensuring that security and development are inter-related , there is still some way to go before they are fully integrated into either policy or programmatic practice.
- Topic:
- Security, Defense Policy, and Development
- Political Geography:
- Africa, United Kingdom, and Sierra Leone
9. Operation Pebu
- Author:
- Aldo Gaeta
- Publication Date:
- 10-2008
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Global Facilitation Network for Security Sector Reform
- Abstract:
- This paper documents the history of Operation Pebu (Op PEBU) between April 2003 and March 2006. It is an overview of the progress and development of the project and does not attempt to document every change in contract between the Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) and its contractors, nor those relating to contracts let by the United Kingdom (UK) Department for International Development (DfID). The focus of the narrative below is the construction of accommodation for soldiers of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) and their families with which Op PEBU has become synonymous.
- Topic:
- Security and Development
- Political Geography:
- Africa, United Kingdom, and Sierra Leone
10. Formulating Sierra Leone's Defence White Paper
- Author:
- Al-Hassan Kharamoh Kondeh
- Publication Date:
- 10-2008
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Global Facilitation Network for Security Sector Reform
- Abstract:
- This paper outlines the process of producing Sierra Leone's 2002 Defence White Paper. Unique to this process was the document's explicit aim of explaining to the general public both the progress and shortcomings of security sector reform (SSR) in Sierra Leone's defence system. The White Paper was produced on the assumption that without making this information publicly available, opportunities to engage ordinary people in future reform initiatives would be limited.
- Topic:
- Security and Defense Policy
- Political Geography:
- Africa and Sierra Leone