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[Publication] South Sudan’s stalled peace process—security arrangements in need of adjustment

• South Sudan’s stalled peace process—security arrangements in need of adjustment
• According to the largely stalled Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan (ARCSS) of 2015, a key component of the transitional security arrangement is the establishment of cantonment sites where fighters assemble to await disarmament, demobilization or force integration. The cantonment process was supposed to start soon after the signing of the agreement, but due to enormous delays in the implementation of the transitional security arrangements and the return...

[Publication] In need of a critical re-think: Security sector reform in South Sudan

• In need of a critical re-think: Security sector reform in South Sudan
• Past attempts at security sector reform (SSR) and disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) in South Sudan have made no significant contribution to ‘right-sizing’ the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and were unable to sustainably change South Sudan’s security apparatus. Taking into account lessons learned from previous DDR and SSR attempts, this Working Paper provides hints as to what the key aspects are that need to be re-considered to improve on secur...

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[Publication] The Challenge of Managing State-owned Small Arms and Light Weapons in South Sudan

• The Challenge of Managing State-owned Small Arms and Light Weapons in South Sudan
• Countries emerging from a long period of armed conflict have to find solutions for getting widespread possession of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and related trade flows under control. The Republic of South Sudan (RSS) is a case in point. According to estimates, 2.7 million SALW are available in the whole of the former Sudan, with around 720,000 in the hands of civilians in the RSS1. The reasons for small arms possession in the RSS vary greatly. Cattle raiding is just one exam...

[Project] SARCOM: Sub-regional small arms control mechanism - Sudan, Chad etc.

• Since November 2012, BICC is supporting efforts to control the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in Sudan and its Western and Southern neighbours CAR, Chad, DRC, Libya and South Sudan, which signed a treating forming the Sub-regional Arms Control Mechanism (SARCOM). The project works at different levels: at the local level in West Darfur, BICC supports community-based efforts at SALW control and armed violence reduction through local committees of traditional leaders. At...

[Publication] Impact assessment of oil exploitation in South Sudan using multi-temporal landsat imagery

• Impact assessment of oil exploitation in South Sudan using multi-temporal landsat imagery
• This scientific report examines the spatial impacts of oil exploitation in Melut County, South Sudan, at six points in the time span between 1999 and 2011, based on Landsat satellite data. Three features were analysed: cropland, oil well pads and roads. Feature extraction consisted of pixel- and object-based classification approaches as well as on-screen digitization. Land cover classification was performed as a base for further object-based classification of cropland areas and oil ...

[Publication] How can the HDP Nexus Work From the Bottom Up?

• A Discussion Paper on Implementation Challenges from a Decolonial Perspective. Insights from Iraq, Mali and South Sudan
• The humanitarian-development-peace (HDP) nexus is designed to render humanitarian responses topopulations in need more sustainable by better linking the three fields of H, D and P activities and addressing the root causes of conflicts. This “New Way of Working” decided at the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit was not only a response to protracted, multiple crises but also a response to a widespread popular discontent withthe existing system of humanitarian aid. Accordingly, calls to decolonise aid ...

[Publication] How can the HDP Nexus Work from the Bottom Up?_arabisch

• A Discussion Paper on Implementation Challenges from a Decolonial Perspective. Insights from Iraq, Mali and South Sudan
• The humanitarian-development-peace (HDP) nexus is designed to render humanitarian responses topopulations in need more sustainable by better linking the three fields of H, D and P activities and addressing the root causes of conflicts. This “New Way of Working” decided at the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit was not only a response to protracted, multiple crises but also a response to a widespread popular discontent withthe existing system of humanitarian aid. Accordingly, calls to decolonise aid ...

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[Project] Protected rather than protracted—Strengthening refugees and peace

• The majority of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) find themselves displaced for more than five years—either in their own or in neighbouring countries. Of the three durable solutions for these so-called protracted refugee situations—local integration, resettlement in third countries and repatriation—the latter is still considered to be the best option by most stakeholders. Yet, due to the increasing prevalence of protracted conflicts worldwide, voluntary return often is not possibl...