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

TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE:
The Government-sponsored "self-defense" program in Burundi Printer friendly version [pdf]
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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