Déclaration conjointe du Palipehutu FNL et du gouvernement du Burundi relative à la cessation des hostilités

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Country/entity: Burundi
Region: Africa (excl MENA)
Agreement name: Déclaration conjointe du Palipehutu FNL et du gouvernement du Burundi relative à la cessation des hostilités
Date: 26 May 2008
Agreement status: Multiparty signed/agreed
Interim arrangement: Yes
Agreement/conflict level: Intrastate/intrastate conflict
Burundian Civil War (1993-2005)
The conflict had an ethnic base between Hutu and Tutsi populations, and is one of a set of regionally connected conflicts also addressed n the Great Lakes process. Since independence in 1972, the Burundian political landscape has been polarised and marked by ethnic-based tensions, political assassinations and large-scale violence. For the following two decades, three Tutsi military regimes associated with the Union for National Progress (UPRONA) ruled the country. During these military dictatorships, numerous waves of mass violence resulted from the attempts of various opposition rebels groups to destabilise the three regimes, and the regimes’ use of violence to repress these attempts. Despite a wave of hope in the early 1990’s, Burundi entered a decade-long civil war in 1993 following the assassination of Burundi’s first democratically elected president, Melchior Ndadaye, from the ethnically-Hutu Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODEBU) by Tutsi opposition in the military.
In 1998 the Arusha Peace Talks commenced and in August 2000, international pressure resulted in the signing of the Arusha Peace and Reconciliation Agreement for Burundi. However, the National Council for the Defense of Democracy (CNND) did not sign. Additionally, and Party for the Liberation of Hutu People (Palipehutu) did not participate in negotiations. These outsiders continued sporadic violence until 2008. In 2015, a new wave of political violence is taking place after President Nkurunziza, from the CNDD-FDD which has been in power since 2005, won a contested third-mandate.
Stage: Ceasefire/related
Conflict nature: Government
Peace process: Burundi: Arusha and related peace process
Parties: - The Government of Burundi represented by: General Major Evariste Ndayishimiye
- The Papilpehutu-FNL represented by: Mr Pasteur Habimana
Third parties: - The Guarantors: the Political Directorate, represented by: Ambassador Kingsley Mamabolo
Description: This short agreement announces the cessation of hostilities, calls on the Political Directorate and the international community to support the of disengagement of Palipehutu-FNL combatants.

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Groups

Children/youth: No specific mention.
Disabled persons: No specific mention.
Elderly/age: No specific mention.
Migrant workers: No specific mention.
Racial/ethnic/national group: No specific mention.
Religious groups: No specific mention.
Indigenous people: No specific mention.
Other groups: No specific mention.
Refugees/displaced persons: No specific mention.
Social class: No specific mention.

Gender

Women, girls and gender: No specific mention.
Men and boys: No specific mention.
LGBTI: No specific mention.
Family: No specific mention.

State definition

Nature of state (general): No specific mention.
State configuration: No specific mention.
Self determination: No specific mention.
Referendum: No specific mention.
State symbols: No specific mention.
Independence/secession: No specific mention.
Accession/unification: No specific mention.
Border delimitation: No specific mention.
Cross-border provision: No specific mention.

Governance

Political institutions (new or reformed): No specific mention.
Elections: No specific mention.
Electoral commission: No specific mention.
Political parties reform: No specific mention.
Civil society: No specific mention.
Traditional/religious leaders: No specific mention.
Public administration: No specific mention.
Constitution: No specific mention.

Power sharing

Political power sharing: No specific mention.
Territorial power sharing: No specific mention.
Economic power sharing: No specific mention.
Military power sharing: No specific mention.

Human rights and equality

Human rights/RoL general: No specific mention.
Bill of rights/similar: No specific mention.
Treaty incorporation: No specific mention.
Civil and political rights: No specific mention.
Socio-economic rights: No specific mention.

Rights related issues

Citizenship: No specific mention.
Democracy: No specific mention.
Detention procedures: No specific mention.
Media and communication: No specific mention.
Mobility/access: No specific mention.
Protection measures: No specific mention.
Other: No specific mention.

Rights institutions

NHRI: No specific mention.
Regional or international human rights institutions: No specific mention.

Justice sector reform

Criminal justice and emergency law: No specific mention.
State of emergency provisions: No specific mention.
Judiciary and courts: No specific mention.
Prisons and detention: No specific mention.
Traditional Laws: No specific mention.

Socio-economic reconstruction

Development or socio-economic reconstruction: No specific mention.
National economic plan: No specific mention.
Natural resources: No specific mention.
International funds: Page 1:
The two parties request the assistance of the Political Directorate in ensuring that all necessary steps are taken to ensure effective supplies for the PAPILPEHUTU-FNL as soon as possible. The Political Directorate will organise a meeting to this effect on May 26, 2008, at 11.00, involving the Government of Burundi, the PAPILPEHUTU-FNL and the international community, to discuss how to organise these supplies and other logistical support for the PAPILPEHUTU-FNL combatants.
Business: No specific mention.
Taxation: No specific mention.
Banks: No specific mention.

Land, property and environment

Land reform/rights: No specific mention.
Pastoralist/nomadism rights: No specific mention.
Cultural heritage: No specific mention.
Environment: No specific mention.
Water or riparian rights or access: No specific mention.

Security sector

Security Guarantees: No specific mention.
Ceasefire: Security sector→Ceasefire→Ceasefire provision
The agreement provides in its entirety for a ceasefire.

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Following this declaration the Political Directorate requests that the MCVS [Joint Monitoring Mechanism] immediately takes steps to expedite the disengagement of armed forces, together with all of the other provisions in the two Agreements: the Agreement in Principle of June 18, 2006 and the Global Ceasefire Agreement of September 2006.
In this respect, the two parties undertake to give immediate instructions to their troops on the ground to cease hostilities six hours after this declaration is signed.
Police: No specific mention.
Armed forces: No specific mention.
DDR: No specific mention.
Intelligence services: No specific mention.
Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces: Page 1:
The significance of this declaration by the Government of the Republic of Burundi and the PAPILPEHUTU-FNL is that the war will finally end and that all Burundians will benefit from stability and a durable peace.
The two parties request the assistance of the Political Directorate in ensuring that all necessary steps are taken to ensure effective supplies for the PAPILPEHUTU-FNL as soon as possible. The Political Directorate will organise a meeting to this effect on May 26, 2008, at 11.00, involving the Government of Burundi, the PAPILPEHUTU-FNL and the international community, to discuss how to organise these supplies and other logistical support for the PAPILPEHUTU-FNL combatants.
Following this declaration the Political Directorate requests that the MCVS [Joint Monitoring Mechanism] immediately takes steps to expedite the disengagement of armed forces, together with all of the other provisions in the two Agreements: the Agreement in Principle of June 18, 2006 and the Global Ceasefire Agreement of September 2006
We, the PAPILPEHUTU-FNL and the Government of the Republic of Burundi based in the Political Directorate, agree to an immediate cessation of hostilities with effect from May 25, 2008.
In this respect, the two parties undertake to give immediate instructions to their troops on the ground to cease hostilities six hours after this declaration is signed.
Withdrawal of foreign forces: No specific mention.
Corruption: No specific mention.
Crime/organised crime: No specific mention.
Drugs: No specific mention.
Terrorism: No specific mention.

Transitional justice

Transitional justice general: No specific mention.
Amnesty/pardon: No specific mention.
Courts: No specific mention.
Mechanism: No specific mention.
Prisoner release: No specific mention.
Vetting: No specific mention.
Victims: No specific mention.
Missing persons: No specific mention.
Reparations: No specific mention.
Reconciliation: No specific mention.

Implementation

UN signatory: No specific mention.
Other international signatory: - The Guarantors: the Political Directorate, represented by: Ambassador Kingsley Mamabolo
Referendum for agreement: No specific mention.
International mission/force/similar: Page 1:
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The two parties request the assistance of the Political Directorate in ensuring that all necessary steps are taken to ensure effective supplies for the PAPILPEHUTU-FNL as soon as possible. The Political Directorate will organise a meeting to this effect on May 26, 2008, at 11.00, involving the Government of Burundi, the PAPILPEHUTU-FNL and the international community, to discuss how to organise these supplies and other logistical support for the PAPILPEHUTU-FNL combatants.
Following this declaration the Political Directorate requests that the MCVS [Joint Monitoring Mechanism] immediately takes steps to expedite the disengagement of armed forces, together with all of the other provisions in the two Agreements: the Agreement in Principle of June 18, 2006 and the Global Ceasefire Agreement of September 2006.
Enforcement mechanism: No specific mention.
Related cases: No specific mention.
Source: http://www.peacemaker.un.org/

JOINT PAPILPEHUTU-FNL AND GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI DECLARATION ON CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES

We, the PAPILPEHUTU-FNL and the Government of the Republic of Burundi based in the Political Directorate, announce the immediate cessation of hostilities with effect from May 25, 2008.

The significance of this declaration by the Government of the Republic of Burundi and the PAPILPEHUTU-FNL is that the war shall finally end and all Burundians will benefit from stability and a durable peace.

The two parties request the assistance of the Political Directorate to assist in taking all necessary steps to ensure effective supplies for the PAPILPEHUTU-FNL as soon as possible.

The Political Directorate will organise a meeting to this effect on May 26, 2008, at 11.00, with the participation of representatives of the Government of Burundi, the PAPILPEHUTU-FNL and the international community, to discuss how to organise these supplies and other logistical support for the PAPILPEHUTU-FNL combatants.

Following this declaration the Political Directorate requests that the MCVS immediately takes steps to expedite the disengagement of armed forces, together with all of the other provisions in the two Agreements:

the Agreement in Principle of June 18, 2006 and the Global Ceasefire Agreement of September 2006.

In this respect, the two parties undertake to give immediate instructions to their troops on the ground to cease hostilities six hours after this declaration is signed.

Signatory Parties

The Government of Burundi represented by:

General Major Evariste Ndayishimiye

The Papilpehutu-FNL represented by:

Mr Pasteur Habimana

The Guarantors:

the Political Directorate, represented by:

Ambassador Kingsley Mamabolo

Signed in Bujumbura, Monday May 26, 2008