The challenges of multi-layered security governance in Ituri

Kasper Hoffmann, Koen Vlassenroot

Abstract

There has been a slow, but growing awareness among external actors that some local non-state security actors should be involved in security governance in conflict-affected situations. Already in 2006, the OECD published a report that called for a ‘multi-layered’ approach to reforming actors and institutions that provide security and justice services (Scheye and McLean, 2006). Often these actors consist of local authorities, such as customary chiefs, village elders, or business people working in collaboration with different kinds of self-defense groups. The idea behind ‘multi-layered’ security governance is that the inclusion of local non-state actors in security governance will improve security provision to people because they have more legitimacy. But in reality ‘multi-layered’ security governance is often marked by conflict and competition as much as by collaboration and common solutions to people’s security problems.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
UdgiverJustice and Security Research Programme
Antal sider6
StatusUdgivet - 2016
NavnJSRP Policy Brief
Nummer3

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