Post Conflict Projects

You will find some interesting reads below excerpted by a colleague from the UN Integrated office in Burundi. Rethinking Post-War Insecurity: From Interim Stabilization to Second Generation Security Promotion Source - Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (http://jha.ac/2009/02/21/rethinking-post-war-insecurity-from-interim-stabilization-to-second-generation-security-promotion/) The scope and scale of post-war violence is often more severe than anticipated. If left unchecked, many fear that complex forms of insecurity can potentially tip 'fragile' societies back into armed conflict. A host of conventional security promotion activities are routinely advanced to contend with such violence including disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) and security sector reform (SSR). There are also many less widely recognised examples of security promoting activities that deviate from – but also potentially reinforce and enhance – DDR and SSR. Innovation and experimentation by med...