Security Sector Reform, the Responsibility to Protect and Peacebuilding in Burundi , Haiti and South Sudan : A Research, Policy Dialogue and Capacity-Building Project
Key Staff Involved
Stephen Baranyi, Jennifer Salahub and Abraham Sewonet Abatneh
Non NSI: Centre d'Alerte et de Prévention des Conflits (CENAP) in Burundi, Dr. Yves-François Pierre and Isabelle Fortin in Haiti;
University of Juba’s Centre for Peace and Development Studies (CPDS) in Southern Sudan.
Research
Period
2006 -
2009
Output
national working papers, international lead paper, policy briefs, as well as national and international policy dialogue meetings and a final book.
International aid donors and governments offering assistance to
countries coming out of conflict recognize the importance of creating security
institutions – like the army and the police – that respect rights and are
overseen by civilian authorities. However, many critical gaps remain on the
ground. Research by Southern actors into how security sector reform (SSR) might
best be designed, implemented and linked to broader peacebuilding is limited.
The perspectives of vulnerable groups like women, children and the poor are
rarely taken into consideration. With CENAP in Burundi, the Centre for Peace and
Development Studies in Southern Sudan and consultants in Haiti, this project is
addressing these gaps, developing the capacity of partner organizations and
engaging with policy makers internationally.
Our reports and briefs document the insights of NSI researchers as well as
partners based in the North and the South on how to make security institutions
more accountable and more respecting of human rights.
www.smallarmssurvey.org/sudan A Small Arms Survey project, which conducts policy-relevant research on sources of insecurity and small arms across Sudan.
