Transnational threats
08.07.2013

A community dilemma: DDR and the changing face of violence in Colombia.

The Peace, Security and Development Network
Colombia

This paper, written by researchers in the Conflict Research Unit of the Clingendael Institute and IKV Pax Christi working together under the auspices of the Dutch Peace, Security and Development Network, aims to understand the role that Columbia's DDR programmes have played over the past decade in dismantling armed groups and reintegrating their members into society, as well as their impact on the restoration of peace and security for community and citizens.

The report concludes by insisting on the need to maximize the potential in these reform processes to improve DDR and nurture secure communities. But it also recognizes that the legacy of the failures in the demobilization process must be addressed as a priority in the short and medium term.

Peace Security and Development Network 2011

This publication is an outcome of the in 2008 established ‘Network for Peace, Security and Development’. The Network aims to support and encourage the sharing of expertise and cooperation between the different Dutch sectors and organisations involved in fragile states. The PSD Network is an initiative under the Schokland Agreements in 2007.

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