Reports

Confronted with some of the most serious challenges ever faced in the provision of relief aid in conflict, the humanitarian community in Liberia developed two inter-agency mechanisms intended to reduce the extent to which their assistance was manipulated, and…

Context January and the beginning of February 2000 brought about substantial evidence of staggeringly changing pattern of the DRC conflict. The reporting period was marked by unprecedented diplomatic activity over the settlement of the Congolese crisis, culminating…

This paper defines a role for human rights and human rights workers in the discussion of humanitarian emergencies. The approach is to look at how human rights law, monitoring, and information can be useful in two…

JANUARY - DECEMBER 2000 November 1999 1. GENERAL POLITICAL AND HUMANITARIAN CONTEXT A tenuous cease-fire is being observed across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following the signature of the Lusaka cease-fire accord. The document was signed following…

JANUARY - DECEMBER 2000 November 1999 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The current humanitarian situation in the Great Lakes Region (GLR) and Central Africa is worsening. The fragility of the peace process is apparent as violence against civilian population continues and…

JANUARY - DECEMBER 2000 November 1999 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY With vigorous support from Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the United Nations (UN) and the International community, the Lomé Peace Accord brought the civil war in Sierra Leone to…

JANUARY - DECEMBER 2000 November 1999 1 Summary The Republic of the Congo (ROC) recently suffered two wars, from June to October 1997 and beginning again in September 1998. War spread to the capital, Brazzaville, in December 1998. A…

UPDATE JULY - DECEMBER 1999 Part I. Context A full-scale war erupted in the DRC in early August 1998. Rwandan and Ugandan troops backing the rebel forces known as Rassemblement Congolais pour la Democratie (RCD) and Mouvement pour la…

Juillet - Décembre 1999Contexte Une guerre de grande ampleur a éclaté en République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) en août 1998. Les troupes armées ougandaises et rwandaises soutenant les forces rebelles connues sous le nom de Rassemblement Congolais…

JULY 1999 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The outbreak of fighting in Bissau between 31 January and 7 May 1999 in Bissau, ended with the ouster of President Vieira and a significant alteration of the political landscape of Guinea-Bissau. The Abuja…