Agreement on a Cease-Fire in Abkhazia and Arrangements to Monitor its Observance

Year:1993 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Abkhazia (Republic of) Country / Territory:Georgia, Abkhazia PDF:English

Comment: Annex to a Report of the Secretary General.

Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (CoHA) between the Government of Indonesia and GAM

Year:2002 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Free Acheh Movement/Acheh Sumatra National Liberation Front (GAM/ASNLF) Country / Territory:Indonesia PDF:English

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

Comprehensive Agreement on Human Rights

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

The Uribe Accords

Year:1984 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército del Pueblo (FARC-EP) Country / Territory:Colombia PDF:English

Comment: FARC-EP commits itself to "condemn and de-authorize kidnapping, extortion and terrorism in all its forms (…)" (Article 2).

Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Angola and UNITA

Year:2002 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) Country / Territory:Angola PDF:English

Comment: Notably Article 3§3 regarding a ceasefire which encompasses the termination of acts of violence against civilians and the destruction of property. Furthermore, the parties agree to guarantee the protection of people and the freedom of movement.

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".

Pacte National conclu entre le Gouvernement de la République du Mali et les Mouvements et Fronts Unifiés de l'Azawad consacrant le Statut Particuler du Nord du Mali

Year:1995 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Movements et Fronts Unifiés de l'Azawad (MFUA) Country / Territory:Mali PDF:French

Tamanrasset Accord

Year:1991 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Movements et Fronts Unifiés de l'Azawad (MFUA) Country / Territory:Mali PDF:English

Comment: In clause 12 the parties agree to release all PoWs, civil internees and hostages.

La Fin des Travaux du XIVème Congrès du Parti Démocratique du Kurdistan d’Iran

Year:2008 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) Country / Territory:Iran, Islamic Republic of PDF:English

12 Point of Understanding

Year:2005 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN (M)) Country / Territory:Nepal PDF:Unknown

Comment: In point 8 the parties commit their respect towards Human Rights.

Ceasefire Code of Conduct

Year:2006 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN (M)) Country / Territory:Nepal PDF:English

Joint Statement of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) Panel for Peace Talks with the CPP/NPA/NDF and the National Democratic Front (NDF) Delegation

Year:1994 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Country / Territory:Philippines PDF:English

Comment: The NDF "asserts that the rights of political prisoners must be respected."

The Tripoli Agreement

Year:1976 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Country / Territory:Philippines PDF:English

Comment: Part 3, Article 12 on the release of political prisoners, the return of refugees and the guarantee of freedom of movement.

Agreement Establishing Permanent Peace between the Government of the Republic of Niger and the Organisation of the Armed Resistance

Year:1995 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Organisation de la Résistance Armée (ORA) Country / Territory:Niger PDF:English

Comment: In the Preamble the parties reaffirm their respect to Human Rights. For provisions on displaced persons see clause 19 and 20.

Acte d'Engagement II

Year:2008 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Congrès National pour la Défense du Peuple (CNDP), Patriotes Résistants Congolais - Forces d'Autodéfense Populaire (PARECO-FAP), Maï Maï Kasindien, Maï Maï Kifuafua, Maï-Maï Vurondo, Maï Maï Mongol, Maï Maï Rwenzori, Simba Maï-Maï, Union des Jeunes Patriotes Sacrifiés (UJPS) Country / Territory:Congo, the Democratic Republic of the PDF:French

Comment: Notably Article III "Des Principes Humanitaires et du Respect des Droits de l'Homme".

Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement

Year:1999 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Mouvement de Libération du Congo (MLC), Rassemblement Congolais pour la Democratie (RCD) Country / Territory:Congo, the Democratic Republic of the PDF:English

Comment: In the Preamble the parties express their determination to ensure the respect to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the Additional protocols of 1977. Article I "Ceasefire" § 3 c) prohibits all acts of violence against the civilian population including recruitment and use of child soldiers as well as sexual violence. In Article 3 "Principles of the Agreement" the parties agree to guarantee the freedom of movement, to release persons detained or taken hostage, to exchange PoWs, to facilitate humanitarian assistance. Under Article 3 the laying of mines is prohibited.

Ceasefire Agreement between Côte d’Ivoire, the MPIGO and the MJP

Year:2003 Type of document:Agreements ANSA:Mouvement Populaire Ivoirien du Grand Ouest (MPIGO), Mouvement pour la Justice et la Paix (MJP) Country / Territory:Côte D'Ivoire PDF:English

Comment: In Article 7 the parties undertake to ensure freedom of movement of persons and property, humanitarian agencies and displaced persons.

Letter of the NDFP-NEC to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

Year:2008 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Country / Territory:Philippines PDF:English

The NDFP Declaration and Program of Action for Filipino Children

Year:2012 Type of document:Unilateral Declarations and Statements ANSA:National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Country / Territory:Philippines PDF:English