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Different Paths to Peace Building: A Comparative Analysis of DDR Programs in Colombia and the Province of Aceh, Indonesia
Javier Cardenas (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia), Nadia Stefania Pérez (Universidad del Rosario, Colombia), and Sergio Triana (University of Cambridge, UK)
Copyright: © 2016
|Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9675-4.ch019
Abstract
Since the first implementation of a modern DDR program, implemented in Namibia in 1989, more than 60 programs became the initial stage of a stabilization process in countries, in which national governments and irregular forces have ended hostilities, reached a ceasefire or signed a peace agreement. This document aims to provide a comparative analysis between two of them: the reintegration policy led by Colombia and Indonesia, from a description of these DDR processes and the general experiences that have been accumulated through the DDR processes in both countries. This paper makes a brief analysis of the political contexts that were conductive to the implementation of the reintegration process in both cases, describes the challenges faced and currently being faced by these processes, pointing out the strategies to address them and the role of international cooperation. The analysis will be framed during the peace process and DDR program in Aceh, Indonesia, and the Republic of Colombia, since 2003 until nowadays.