Demobilization: Arusha Accord – 4 August 1993
Implementations
Demobilization – 1993
No developments observed this year.
Demobilization – 1994
No developments observed this year.
Demobilization – 1995
No developments observed this year.
Demobilization – 1996
No developments observed this year.
Demobilization – 1997
Rwanda’s DDR proceeded in two different phases. In the first phase, which began in September 1997 and lasted until February 2001, 18,692 soldiers from the Rwandan army (RPA) – 2,364 of whom were child soldiers and 15,000 of whom were former members of Former Rwandan Armed Force – were demobilized.1
- “The Second Stage of Rwanda Demobilization and Reintegration Programme (RDRP Stage II),” RDRC, 2002.
Demobilization – 1998
No developments observed this year.
Demobilization – 1999
No developments observed this year.
Demobilization – 2000
No developments observed this year.
Demobilization – 2001
The second phase of demobilization started in December 2001 and ended in December 2008. In this phase, a total of 20,000 ex-combatants from RPA/RDF and 12,500 members of armed groups were expected to be demobilized. By the end of March 2008, 22,362 RDF were demobilized, thereby exceeding the target number. However, out of the 12,500, only 6,397 ex-combatants from armed groups including 661 child combatants were demobilized.1 Those mobilized received insertion benefits and reintegration allowances.
- “DDR-Rwanda, January-March 2008,” Rwanda Demobilization and Reintegration Commission, 4, accessed September 19, 2011, www.rdrc.org.rw.