Agreement on the implementation, compliance and verification timetable for the peace agreements

Year:1997 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (URNG) Country / Territory:Guatemala PDF:English

N’Djamena Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement

Year:2004 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), Sudan Liberation Movement/Sudan Liberation Army (SLM/SLA) Country / Territory:Sudan PDF:English

Comment: Article 2 prohibits the laying of mines as well as acts of violence against the civilian populations and any act of sabotage, any restriction on the freedom of movement. Furthermore, it engages the parties to mark minefields and to ensure humanitarian access. In Article 5 the parties agree to free all prisoners of war and all persons deprived of their liberty because of the war. In Article 8 the parties agree to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance to displaced persons and civilian victims of war.

Sudan Peace Agreement

Year:1997 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLM/SPLA), United Democratic Salvation Front (UDSF), Equatoria Defence Force (EDF), South Sudan Independents Group (SSIG), South Sudan Independence Movement (SSIM), Union of Sudan African Parties (USAP) Country / Territory:Sudan, South Sudan PDF:English

Comment: See notably Chapter Three "Political Issues", the article on Fundamental Rights and Freedoms.

Contonou Agreement on Liberia

Year:1993 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy (ULIMO) Country / Territory:Liberia PDF:English

Comment: Especially Section D, Article 5 "Acts of Violation"; Section I, Article 10 "Prisoners of War"; Section E, Article 17 "Humanitarian Assistance"; Section F, Article 18 "Repatriation of Refugees".

Undertaking of Demilitarisation and Transformation by the UCK

Year:1999 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) Country / Territory:Kosovo, Serbia PDF:English

Comment: KLA agrees not to place mines or to use explosive devices and not to attack civilians and civilian property (Article 10). Furthermore, KLA agrees to mark their minefields (Article 14 (a)) as well as to clear them (Article 23 (b)).

Agreement on Resettlement of the Population Groups Uprooted by the Armed Conflict

Year:1994 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (URNG) Country / Territory:Guatemala PDF:English

Athens Meeting of the Georgian and Abkhaz Sides on Confidence-Building Measures

Year:1998 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Abkhazia (Republic of) Country / Territory:Georgia, Abkhazia PDF:English

Ceasefire Agreement between the Transitional Government of Burundi and the Conseil National pour la Défense de la Démocratie-Forces de Défense de la Démocratie

Year:2002 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Conseil National pour la Défense de la Démocratie - Forces de Défense de la Démocratie (CNDD-FDD) Country / Territory:Burundi PDF:English

Comment: Also known as the Burundi Ceasefire Agreement.
Notably Article II: release of all political prisoners, prohibition of mine-laying operations and of operations to obstruct demining, cessation of acts of violence against the civilian population.

General Peace Agreement for Mozambique

Year:1992 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Resistëncia Nacional Moçambicana (RENAMO) Country / Territory:Mozambique PDF:Unknown

Comment: General Peace Agreement for Mozambique, along with seven Protocols and four related documents.

See especially:

Protocol III "Principles of the Electoral Act", Part III "Liberty of movement and freedom of residence" and Part IV "Return of Mozambican refugees and displaced persons and their social integration".

Protocol VI "Ceasefire", Part I "Cessation of armed conflict", Article 5: the parties agree not to lay mines or prevent mine-clearing operation, not to commit acts of violence against the civilian population as well as to restrict or prevent the freedom of movement.

Protocol VI "Ceasefire", Part III "Release of prisoners, except for those being held for ordinary crimes".

Arusha Peace Accords

Year:1993 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Front Patriotique Rwandais (FPR) Country / Territory:Rwanda PDF:English

Comment: The following documents are an integral part of the peace agreement and are attached as annexes: N'sele Ceasefire Agreement of 1991, The Protocol of Agreement on the Rule of Law of 1992, The Protocols of Agreement on Power-Sharing within the Framework of a Broad-Based Transitional Government of 1993, The Protocol of Agreement on the Repatriation of Rwandan Refugees and the Resettlement of Displaced Persons of 1993, The Protocol Agreement on the Integration of Armed Forces of the two parties of 1993, The Protocol Agreement on Miscellaneous Issues and Final Provisions of 1993.

Letter from Mr. Jalal Talabani, Secretary General of the PUK, to Mr. Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary General

Year:2000 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Country / Territory:Iraq PDF:English

Comment: Letter enclosed to the Deed of Commitment under Geneva Call for Adherence to a total Ban on Anti-personnel Mines and for Cooperation in Mine Action.

Letter from Mr. Masoud Barzani, Secretary General of the KDP, to Mr. Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary General

Year:1999 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Country / Territory:Iraq PDF:English

Comment: Letter enclosed to the Deed of Commitment under Geneva Call for Adherence to a total Ban on Anti-personnel Mines and for Cooperation in Mine Action.

Ceasefire Agreement between the Government of Sierra Leone and RUF

Year:2000 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Revolutionary United Front (RUF) Country / Territory:Sierra Leone PDF:English

Comment: In Paragraph 5 the parties agree to ensure free movement of persons and goods, as well as unimpeded movement of humanitarian agencies and of displaced persons. Paragraph 9 enumerates prohibited acts of violence such as laying of mines, harassment, hostage taking etc.

Lomé Peace Accord

Year:1999 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Revolutionary United Front (RUF) Country / Territory:Sierra Leone PDF:English

Comment: In the Preamble the parties commit towards the respect of IHL and Human Rights as well as the protection of children. In Part Four, Article XV the parties agree to guarantee the safety of peace monitors and in Article XIX they agree to furnish to the JMC information regarding the positions and descriptions of "all known unexploded bombs (UXBs), explosive ordnance devices (EODs), minefields, booby traps, wire entanglements, and all other physical or military hazards". See especially Part Five "Humanitarian, Human Rights and Socio-Economic Issues" including articles on the release of prisoners, on displaced persons, the guarantee of Human Rights, humanitarian assistance, women etc.

The following documents are attached as annexes to the peace agreement: Agreement on Ceasefire in Sierra Leone; Statement by the Government of Sierra Leone and the RUF of Sierra Leone on the Release of Prisoners of War and Non-Combatants; Statement by the Government of Sierra Leone and the RUF of Sierra Leone on th Delivery of Humanitarian Assistance in Sierra Leone.

N’Sele Ceasefire Agreement

Year:1991 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Front Patriotique Rwandais (FPR) Country / Territory:Rwanda PDF:English

Comment: Especially Article II declaring the release of PoWs as well as persons deprived of their liberty as a result of the war and a ban on "mine-laying operations or the hindering of operations to remove the mines".

Deed of Commitment under Geneva Call for Adherence to a total Ban on Anti-personnel Mines and for Cooperation in Mine Action - USC/SNA/SRRC

Year:2002 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:United Somali Congress/Somali National Alliance (USC/SNA) Country / Territory:Somalia PDF:English

Deed of Commitment under Geneva Call for Adherence to a total Ban on Anti-personnel Mines and for Cooperation in Mine Action - SSNM/SNA/SRRC

Year:2002 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Southern Somali National Movement/Somali National Alliance (SSNM/SNA) Country / Territory:Somalia PDF:English

Deed of Commitment under Geneva Call for Adherence to a total Ban on Anti-personnel Mines and for Cooperation in Mine Action - KNO/KNA

Year:2006 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Kuki National Organisation/Army (KNO/KNA) Country / Territory:India PDF:English

Deed of Commitment under Geneva Call for Adherence to a total Ban on Anti-personnel Mines and for Cooperation in Mine Action - NSCN

Year:2003 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN) Country / Territory:India PDF:English

Chapultepec Peace Agreement

Year:1992 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN) Country / Territory:El Salvador PDF:English

Comment: Chapter I "Armed Forces", Article 11 prohibits forcible recruitment. Chapter VII "Cessation of Armed Conflict", Article 5 enumerates prohibited acts of violence including the laying of mines and any act that infringes the right of the civilian population.