Security Sector Reform Resource Centre

Security Sector Reform in South Sudan and Prospects for Peace
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 - 07:56
Escalation since April in the conflict in South Sudan left little hope a settlement could be reached any time soon.
The Boko Haram Ceasefire and the Chadian Gambit
Friday, November 21, 2014 - 06:02
On 17 October, the Nigerian government unilaterally declared that it had entered into a ceasefire agreement with Boko Haram Islamists. In the same communique, Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh, further asserted that the agreement would also see the release of the more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the Islamist extremist sect from the town of Chibok some six months ago. Yet, nearly two weeks after the declaration, neither goal has been achieved.
Mexican President's Proposed Military Jurisdiction Reform Perpetuates Impunity, Say Human Rights Organizations
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 00:00
Mexican and international human rights organizations, the United Nations, and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) have long criticized Mexico's continued use of military jurisdiction to investigate soldiers' alleged human rights violations,