Security and Hybridity After Armed Conflict: The Dynamics of Security Provision in Post-Civil War States by Rens Willems

Author:Rens Willems [Willems, Rens]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781138016163
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Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-01-15T13:42:21+00:00

6 Security interventions on the ground

Reintegration1

Implementing reintegration on the ground

The second arena of interaction is between intervening international actors and actors at the local level. To investigate the interaction between security interventions and the local context, I look at the final phase of DDR programmes; the reintegration of ex-combatants. The reintegration of ex-combatants is about readjusting ex-combatants from a military life in the bush to a civilian life in the community. These reintegration programmes thus aim to directly affect the lives of individual ex-combatants and the communities in which they reintegrate. The intentions of these programmes are very ‘local’, in that they aim to affect individuals and communities. It is acknowledged that national actors play an important role in the implementation of DDR programmes. The previous chapter has shown the emphasis the MDRP placed on national ownership in the DRC and Burundi, and also in South Sudan a national DDR commission has been set up. Yet, the provision of a DDR programme was in all countries stipulated in the peace agreements under pressure of the international community. International actors and guidelines also played an important role in the design of the programmes and in both the DRC and Burundi donors withheld financing – temporarily but under the threat of withdrawal – when national DDR commissions did not function satisfactory. Furthermore, various international organisations and NGOs were contracted for the implementation of the reintegration support on the ground. DDR is therefore viewed here as part of the efforts of international actors to promote security and stability.

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