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December 2001
Vol. 13, No. 7(A)

 BURUNDI

TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE: 
The Government-sponsored "self-defense" program in Burundi

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I. SUMMARY 

II. RECOMMENDATIONS 

III. PARAMILITARY FORCES IN CENTRAL AFRICA 

IV. "SELF-DEFENSE" IN BURUNDI 

V. AMBIGUITIES OF "CIVILIAN MILITARY WORK"  VI. STATUS 

VII. DUTIES 

VIII. ABUSES BY GUARDIANS OF THE PEACE 

IX. ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ABUSES 

X. EXPANSION OF THE GUARDIANS OF THE PEACE 

XI. "CIVILIAN SELF-DEFENSE" IN URBAN AREAS 

XII. "SELF-DEFENSE IN SOLIDARITY": OVERCOMING THE ETHNIC DIVISIONS? 

XIII. ABUSES BY SELF-DEFENSE PATROLS 

XIV. A SYSTEM OF TWO-FOLD ABUSE 

XV. "SELF-DEFENSE:" A TROUBLING IDEOLOGY 

XVI. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 

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