The RIREC Project on Post-Accord Peacebuilding

The volume examines whether truth-telling mechanisms can contribute to sustainable peace, and, if so, how and under what conditions

In contemporary armed conflicts, youth are often on the frontlines of combat and, after peace accords are signed, they are both potential threats to peace and significant peace-building resources. Troublemakers...

This book is a revisitation by three authors of their earlier works in a series on violence after peace agreements have been signed, the contributions of truth-telling mechanisms; and the multidimensional roles played by youth as activists, soldiers, criminals, and community-builders.

Violence and Reconstruction adopts a four-part analysis, examining in turn violence emanating from the state, from militants, from destabilized societies, and from the challenge of implementing a range of policies including demobilization, disarmament, and policing.