Making Peace after Genocide

Making Peace after Genocide

Monday, April 4, 2011

By: Howard Wolpe

A former seven-term member of Congress and presidential special envoy during the Clinton administration, Howard Wolpe led the U.S. delegation to the Arusha and Lusaka peace talks to end the civil wars in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This report distills the author’s experience as a presidential special envoy to Africa’s Great Lakes region from 1996 to 2001, and as the director of a Burundi leadership training initiative from 2003 to 2009.

Type: Peaceworks

Human RightsMediation, Negotiation & Dialogue

Truth Commission Digital Collection

Truth Commission Digital Collection

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

The United States Institute of Peace’s Truth Commissions Digital Collection is part of the Margarita S. Studemeister Digital Library in International Conflict Management.  The collection contains profiles of truth commissions and substantive bodies of inquiry from nations worldwide - offering general background information on the composition of each body, links to the official legislative texts establishing such commissions, and each commission's final reports and findings.

Type: Truth Commission

Conflict Analysis & PreventionHuman Rights

Getting In

Getting In

Friday, September 1, 2006

By: Mohammed O. Maundi;  I. William Zartman;  Gilbert M. Khadiagala;  Kwaku Nuamah

This penetrating study of successful mediation in a half-dozen violent conflicts across the African continent focuses on a hitherto neglected dimension of mediation and the motivations of the parties in conflict—and of the mediators themselves—in initiating the mediation option.

Type: Book

Mediation, Negotiation & Dialogue

Peace Agreements: Burundi

Monday, October 20, 2003

The Pretoria Protocol on Political, Defence and Security Power Sharing in Burundi (10-08-2003) Posted by USIP Library on: October 20 2003 Source Name: Department of Foreign Affairs, Republic of South Africa web site Source URL: www.dfa.gov.za/docs/bdi031009.htm Date downloaded: October 14 2003 Arusha Peace and Reconciliation Agreement for Burundi The Arusha Peace and Reconciliation Agreement as transmitted has two blank pages, Annex III and Appendix II. (08-28-2000) Posted by USIP Li...

Type: Report

Burundi on the Brink, 1993-95

Burundi on the Brink, 1993-95

Saturday, April 1, 2000

By: Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah

Ambassador Ould-Abdallah arrived in Burundi with a mandate from the United Nations to rescue the country's fledgling democracy and bring together political and ethnic rivals. His original mandate was for three months; he stayed two years.

Type: Book

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

Post-Genocidal Reconciliation: Building Peace in Rwanda and Burundi

Post-Genocidal Reconciliation: Building Peace in Rwanda and Burundi

Wednesday, September 1, 1999

By: John Prendergast;  David Smock

Summary Future security in both Rwanda and Burundi is closely linked to how successfully the Lusaka cease-fire agreement lays a foundation for peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). An effective, internationally supported disarmament and demobilization program for the Rwandan and Burundian rebel forces based in the Congo could significantly enhance security in the entire region. International support could come in part through the creation both of a Friends of Peace ...

Type: Special Report

Preventing Genocide in Burundi: Lessons from International Diplomacy

Preventing Genocide in Burundi: Lessons from International Diplomacy

Wednesday, July 1, 1998

By: Stephen R. Weissman

Since 1993, interethnic violence between the 15 to 20 percent Tutsi minority and the 80 to 85 percent Hutu majority in Burundi has taken an estimated 150,000 lives.  An examination of the international response to the crisis furnishes valuable lessons for peacemaking in Burundi and other areas of genocidal conflict.

Type: Peaceworks

Commission of Inquiry: Burundi

Friday, September 1, 1995

Commission of Inquiry: International Commission of Inquiry for Burundi Duration: 1995 - 1996 Charter: UN Security Council Resolution S/RES/1012 Commissioners: 5 Report: Public report  

Type: Truth Commission