Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) and Security Sector Reform (SSR)

 

This Community includes, collation and synthesis of documents and publications on DDR and SSRR which can be searched against a number of key themes and by country and type of document. It includes summaries of best practice and key issues on given topics as well as synopsis of individual documents.

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  • The African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Pelindaba Treaty) 

    Organization of African Unity (1996-04-11)
    The African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty, also known as the Treaty of Pelindaba. The treaty was opened for signature on 12 April 1996 in Cairo, Egypt and entered into force on 15 July 2009. The Treaty prohibits the ...

  • Common African Position on Anti-Personnel Landmines, 17 September 2004, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 

    African Union (2004-09-17)
    The Conference, which was attended by Member States of the AU, as well as various United Nations (UN) specialized agencies, other international Organizations, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), a wide ...

  • Incremental Steps Towards the International Small Arms Control Standards 

    Peace and Security Department (2019-08)
    Poor weapons storage will not result in a catastrophic event such as an explosion if ammunition is not present. It may, however, increase the risk that weapons are stolen and used illegally. International best practice for ...

  • Incremental Steps Towards the International Ammunition Technical Guidelines (IATGs) 

    Peace and Security Department (2019-08)
    This Operational Guidance Note (OGN) forms part of a series produced by the African Union Commission in the field of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) Control. A range of OGNs have been designed as a resource for ...

  • Physical Security and Stockpile Management: Preconditions and Sustainability 

    Peace and Security Department (2019-08)
    This Operational Guidance Note (OGN) draws on experiences relevant to African contexts and identifies the central preconditions that should be in place in order to improve the sustainability of PSSM interventions. These ...

  • African Union Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace & Security Launches Africa Amnesty Month 2021 

    AU Political Affairs Peace and Security Department (2021-09-01)
    Statement of H.E. Ambassador Bankole Adeoye, African Union Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, to launch the #AfricaAmnestyMonth, 01 September 2021. #Silencingtheguns

  • DDR and Countering Violent Extremism Operational Guideline 

    Peace and Security Department (2014)
    This OGN aims to provide African DDR practitioners and stakeholders with operational guidance on the growing overlap between DDR and the emerging field of Preventing/Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) as it relates to ...

  • Reintegration Operational Guidelines 

    Peace and Security Department (2014)
    The primary objective of reintegration programs is to ensure that ex-combatants return to civilian life in a manner in which they can be productive and socially integrated individuals who do not pose a threat to society. ...

  • Foreign Fighters Operational Guideline 

    Peace and Security Department (2014)
    This guideline aims to provide African stakeholders with operational guidelines to assist in considering issues related to the DDR of Foreign Fighters and to effectively plan responses to this within their own operational ...

  • DDR for Women Operational Guideline 

    Peace and Security Department (2014)
    This guideline aims to provide African stakeholders including the AU, AU personnel, AU member states, RECs/RMs, and PSOs with operational guidelines to assist in the planning for, and implementation of, disarmament, DDR ...

  • DDR and Children Operational Guideline 

    Peace and Security Department (2014)
    This guideline aims to provide African stakeholders, particularly AU member states, but also the AU, RECs, RMs, and PSOs with operational guidelines to assist in designing and building institutional frameworks for a national ...

  • Detention and DDR Operational Guideline 

    Peace and Security Department (2014)
    These Guidelines aim to provide standardised operational guidance to Mission personnel, from the Head of Mission to individual military and police commanders, on how to deal with detainees in compliance with international ...

  • National DDR Frameworks Operational Guideline 

    Peace and Security Department (2014)
    This guideline aims to provide African stakeholders, particularly AU member states, but also the AU, RECs, RMs, and PSOs with operational guidelines to assist in designing and building institutional frameworks for a national ...

  • AU DDR Newsletter, February - June 2014 

    Peace and Security Department (2014-02)
    This Issue features key highlights on AU Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR)engagement from February- June 2014.

  • The African Union Mine Action and Explosive Remnants of War Strategic Framework, April 2014 - December 2017 

    Peace and Security Department (2014)
    The overall objective of the AU MAERW Program is to support AU Member States to reduce the explosive threat across Africa caused by conventional weapons, mines, ERW, cluster munitions and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) ...

  • Weapons Compass: Mapping Illicit Small Arms Flow in Africa 

    AU-Small Arms Survey (2019-01)
    In an effort to provide AU policy organs and member states with more comprehensive and updated analysis, the AU Commission partnered with the Small Arms Survey in undertaking a regional mapping of illicit arms flows. This ...