Crafting a Secure Peace: Evaluating Liberia’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement 2003

– Evaluating Liberia’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement 2003 Th is report evaluates Liberia’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed in 2003, and presents lessons learned that can be of importance when creating future peace accords. In particular, this study focuses on how the peace accord addressed the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of ex-combatants, as well as the restructuring of the army and police forces.

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