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11. Terminate community defence initiatives falling outside the
formal structure of the ANP, and suspend all government funding
for such initiatives. This requires greater coordination between
the national and district governments regarding the roll-out
of the ALP program. In areas where non-ALP community defence
initiatives exist, the MoI should – in consultation with communities
and civil society groups – ensure that the members of such
groups are disciplined/prosecuted as appropriate, or where requested
by communities (and subject to the above recommendation),
transitioned to ALP. USFOR-A/MoI should also step up efforts
to promote community understanding of the ALP program,
with a view to making it more difficult for groups not sanctioned
by the MoI to operate under the banner of ALP.
To the EU:
12. Adopt guidelines outlining initiatives that ought to be put in
place in states hosting EU training missions so as to ensure that
these missions build the recipient state’s capacity to promote respect
for international human rights and humanitarian law. This
could be achieved through the development of a new EU Code of
Conduct or Common Position on security sector reform – to encompass
the training missions of the EU (such as EUPOL) as well
as the bilateral training missions of Member States.
To all states supporting the ANSF:
13. Develop mechanisms for improved public reporting regarding
efforts to enhance the professionalism and accountability of the
ANSF, and progress made. Such reporting should include: steps
taken to ensure appropriate vetting of recruits; length and content
of training; the establishment of oversight mechanisms; the establishment
of procedures for monitoring and responding to civilian
casualty incidents; and suspected or alleged violations of human
rights or humanitarian law by the ANSF and steps taken to investigate/prosecute.
In the case of the US, this could be achieved
through an expansion of the existing reporting requirements in the
annual Defense Authorization Acts; and in other states, by requiring
that government progress reports to parliament include the
matters listed above and focus much more substantially on the
quality (not just the quantity) of the ANSF.
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