Security Sector Reform After Armed Conflict

President Nayib Bukele has imposed a state of emergency for 30 days as El Salvador grapples with a sudden increase in slayings. Could an alleged soured pact between the government and notorious gangs be the reason?

Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach

Lead Research Fellow / Editor GIGA Focus Latin America Editor GIGA Focus Global

Deutsche Welle | Quote | 13/09/2022

The alleged successes of Nayib Bukele in the fight against violence

Violence in El Salvador is a persistent problem as are repressive approaches by the governments.

Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach

Lead Research Fellow / Editor GIGA Focus Latin America Editor GIGA Focus Global

Blog Article | 07/2020

What the US Can Learn from the Global South about Police Reform

Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach

Lead Research Fellow / Editor GIGA Focus Latin America Editor GIGA Focus Global

Dr. Nadine Ansorg

Associate

Documentos de Trabajo | 04/2022

Reforma al Sector Seguridad Después de la Guerra: lo que se Sabe y lo que se Desconoce de los Casos Alrededor del Mundo

Reforms of security sector institutions (SSR) are often crucial elements of international support for peacebuilding and democratisation. Although there is no general definition of SSR, it includes demobilisation processes of ex-combatants, mandate and personnel reforms in the police, armed forces and judicial sector. A comprehensive vision of security governance reforms is important as long as these reforms go beyond ending a civil war and are directed towards reducing various manifestations of violence and towards citizen security.

Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach

Lead Research Fellow / Editor GIGA Focus Latin America Editor GIGA Focus Global

Dr. Nadine Ansorg

Associate

Speaker | 19/04/2022 - 20/04/2022

Security Sector Reform - International Experiences and Lessons for Colombia

Workshop on SSR organized by CAPAZ and the University of Antioquia in Medellin

Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach

Lead Research Fellow / Editor GIGA Focus Latin America Editor GIGA Focus Global

GIGA Focus Global | 6/2020

Material and Discursive Militarisation in Democracies

Dr. David Kuehn

Senior Research Fellow / Coordinator GIGA Forum

Prof. Dr. Yagil Levy

The Open University of Israel, Ra’anana

Studies in Conflict | Routledge | 2017

Institutional Reforms and Peacebuilding: Change, Path-Dependency and Societal Divisions in Post-War Communities

Dr. Nadine Ansorg

Associate

Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach

Lead Research Fellow / Editor GIGA Focus Latin America Editor GIGA Focus Global

GIGA Focus Africa | 5/2020

A Force (Still) to Be Reckoned With: The Military in African Politics

Prof. Dr. Matthias Basedau

Director of the GIGA Institute for African Affairs / Editor GIGA Focus Africa

Deutsche Welle (DW) | Quote | 30/03/2022

Why El Salvador's murder rate has surged

President Nayib Bukele has imposed a state of emergency for 30 days as El Salvador grapples with a sudden increase in slayings. Could an alleged soured pact between the government and notorious gangs be the reason?

Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach

Lead Research Fellow / Editor GIGA Focus Latin America Editor GIGA Focus Global

Deutsche Welle | Quote | 13/09/2022

The alleged successes of Nayib Bukele in the fight against violence

Violence in El Salvador is a persistent problem as are repressive approaches by the governments.

Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach

Lead Research Fellow / Editor GIGA Focus Latin America Editor GIGA Focus Global

Blog Article | 07/2020

What the US Can Learn from the Global South about Police Reform

Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach

Lead Research Fellow / Editor GIGA Focus Latin America Editor GIGA Focus Global

Dr. Nadine Ansorg

Associate

Documentos de Trabajo | 04/2022

Reforma al Sector Seguridad Después de la Guerra: lo que se Sabe y lo que se Desconoce de los Casos Alrededor del Mundo

Reforms of security sector institutions (SSR) are often crucial elements of international support for peacebuilding and democratisation. Although there is no general definition of SSR, it includes demobilisation processes of ex-combatants, mandate and personnel reforms in the police, armed forces and judicial sector. A comprehensive vision of security governance reforms is important as long as these reforms go beyond ending a civil war and are directed towards reducing various manifestations of violence and towards citizen security.

Prof. Dr. Sabine Kurtenbach

Lead Research Fellow / Editor GIGA Focus Latin America Editor GIGA Focus Global

Dr. Nadine Ansorg

Associate

Speaker | 19/04/2022 - 20/04/2022