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A public event co-sponsored with The International Security Program of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and The US Army Combined Arms Center (CAC)
A number of international organizations, including the United Nations, the World Bank, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, have attempted to define Security Sector Reform (SSR) and to implement programs. In this second meeting of USIP'S SSR Working Group, a panel of experts discussed their various approaches to SSR and how they compare to the views of the U.S. government.
Security Sector Reform (SSR) is the fulcrum between war and peace in post-conflict states. Paradoxically, there is broad support for effective SSR, but limited agreement on the meaning of the term. In this inaugural meeting of USIP's SSR Working Group, A panel of experts discussed common defnitions, unifying principles, key concepts, planning guidelines, and best practices for SSR.
To aid in the development and reform of Afghan criminal law, USIP, in partnership with the International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, organized a workshop on law reform in Afghanistan held at ISISC's headquarters in Siracusa, Italy from April 22 - 28, 2008.
In its September 6, 2007 report to Congress, the Independent Commission on the Security Forces of Iraq stated that Iraq's Interior Ministry was "dysfunctional and sectarian" and the National Police should be "disbanded and reorganized." How did this happen? What has happened following the report? A panel of experts addressed these questions.