DIIS seminar: Væbnede ikke-statslige aktører: afvæbning, demobilisering og reintegration

TID: Fredag den 26. september kl. 10.00-12.30

STED: DIIS, Danish Institute for International Studies, Main auditorium, Gl. Kalkbrænderi Vej 51A, 2100 København Ø.

TILMELDING: Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Please use the online registration form no later than Thursday 25 September, 2014 at 12.00 noon. 

‘Armed Non-State Actors’: Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration and Templates for Violence Reduction

Insurgencies, militias, paramilitaries, vigilantes, community self-defense groups, armed gangs, and organized crime entities breach and challenge state monopolies of force across the world while also often forming part of more complex security governance networks.

Disarmament Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) programs introduced in the aftermath of armed conflict constitute in general terms a range of initiatives with the specific objective of facilitating the transition of combatants to civilian life.

As outlined in the United Nations’ Integrated DDR Standards, disarmament is the collection, management and/or destruction of arms, while demobilization is the controlled discharge of members of armed groups from military to civilian status, and reintegration is the long-term process of integrating ex-combatants economically, politically and socially into communities.

Never before have DDR programs been so expansive in their scope and areas of competency as they are now. Contemporary DDR programs are concerned with an ever expanding field of interventions regarding access to land, employment and livelihoods, to name just a few.

Concerns about the reintegration of ex-combatants are linked to perceptions of the postwar political and economic context.

The seminar analyzes and develops recommendations on the issue of how such Armed Non-State Actors can be disarmed, ‘demobilized’ and reintegrated. 

Speakers:

• Jairo Munive, Postdoc, DIIS
• Chris Odonell, Department of Peace Keeping Operations, New York
• Robert Muggah, Research Director Igarape Institute, Rio de Janeiro
• Jonathan Somer, PG Consult, Copenhagen
• Anki Sjoeberg, Geneva Call, Geneva
• Simonetta Silvestri, Security Policy and Security Governance Advisor at the European Union Delegation to Libya, Brussels 

The seminar is part of the Defence and Security Studies at the Danish Institute for International Studies.

The seminar will be in English.

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