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The Peace Process in Burundi RIFT VALLEY INSTITUTE MEETING REPORT MAY 2017 The Peace Process in Burundi In April 2015, protests erupted in Burundi when community—the African Union and the United President Pierre Nkurunziza’s sought a third term Nations in particular—in the EAC-led mediation in office. Protestors claimed this was contrary to process and explored what the crisis means to the country’s constitution, but the constitutional Burundians and the region as a whole. court sided with Nkurunziza. After an attempted coup in May 2015, the government started arresting Panelists those it thought responsible. The political conflict Rachel Nicholson, Amnesty International that followed has spiralled into a protracted crisis marked by allegations of numerous human rights Member, Women and Girls Movement for Burundi violations including killings, torture, and arbitrary Richard Moncrieff, International Crisis Group arrests, disappearances and abductions. Since 2015, more than 325,000 Burundians have fled to Vital Nshimirimana, Forum for Strengthening of Civil neighbouring countries. Society In July 2015, the East African Community (EAC) Dismas Nkunda, Atrocities Watch Africa (Moderator) heads of state appointed President Yoweri Museveni as the mediator for an inter-Burundi Three phases of the crisis dialogue, with former Tanzanian President Richard Moncrieff of the International Crisis Benjamin Mkapa as the facilitator of the process. Group started by examining the conflict in three Progress has seemingly stalled, however, after phases: 2015 was a year of confrontation, 2016 multiple failed attempts by the facilitator to bring a year of negotiation and 2017 may be a year of the different parties together. Neither of the sides normalization. have agreed to participate in the peace talks. In December 2015, following the peak of the On 21 March 2017, the Rift Valley Forum and crisis, the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Atrocities Watch Africa hosted a panel discussion, Commission authorized the deployment of a which examined the role of the international protection force, MAPROBU, in the hope that this bring the opposing parties into peace negotiations. would prevent mass violence and pressure the Vital warns that the risk of genocide is now not opposing sides to negotiate. However, the force solely a Burundian issue, but a regional one if the was not deployed. The government of Burundi mediation makes no progress. dismissed the mission as an invasion and African leaders declined to endorse it, revealing rifts Accountability among the AU member states. As the crisis deepens and accusations of Throughout 2016, the international community human rights violations increase, justice and attempted to negotiate with the Burundi accountability remains far from reality in Burundi, government. In March 2016, at the seventeenth warns Amnesty International’s Rachel Nicholson. Ordinary Summit of the EAC Heads of States She cited the response to the Mukoni military Summit in Arusha, former Tanzanian president camp attack as an example of example of how Benjamin Mkapa was appointed as the facilitator human rights violations are being committed with for peace talks in Burundi, with Ugandan President impunity. Deprived of access to lawyers, some of Yoweri Museveni remaining the main mediator. those suspected of carrying out the attack appeared in court with visible signs of torture, yet were However, the process stalled after multiple sentenced to heavy prison terms, she stated. failed attempts by Mpaka to bring the different parties together. As a result, the European Union The political conflict that started with mass suspended their financial aid to the Burundi protests has turned into a longer-term, more government for failing to reach a solution to the entrenched state of political repression. While the crisis. situation currently appears more stable, Nicholson believes the international community must In 2017, Moncrieff noted that despite slow progress remain alert to the possibility that the situation in the negotiations, the situation in Burundi could deteriorate further with little warning if seems to be stabilizing. However, there is only an perpetrators of violence are not held to account. appearance of calm, abuses are only less visible and These include the atrocities committed during the government is using fear and repression to stop the previous crises in Burundi, because these dissent. Some international powers are likely to see unresolved tensions, are fuelling the current crisis, this as a signal to re-engage with the government, she stated. Consequently, the language used by which has skilfully used its deployment in human rights actors to break the cycle of violence peacekeeping operations to lever diplomatic and ending impunity in Burundi remains eerily support. similar to that of the 1990s and early 2000s. Forewarning of deeper violence The challenge with the current crisis, she argues, is that the mediation process is taking place on an With the delay of the EAC mediation process, Vital uneven playing field, with the government having Nshimrimana, a Burundian lawyer and Human the upper hand and little motivation to engage. As Rights defender in exile, warns that Burundi is a result, the Burundian government has managed on the verge of deeper violence, and even the to rebuff efforts by the EAC and the International risk of genocide. The warning signs, he argues community to bring it to the negotiating table. are the ongoing militia activity and prevalence She cited numerous examples of the government’s of hate speech. The situation has worsened intransigence. In July 2016, for example, during since allegations of a partnership between the its review, the government refused to respond to Imbonerakure—the ruling CNDD-FDD youth questions from the UN Committee Against Torture wing, accused of carrying out some of the where three prominent lawyers provided testimony killings—and the FDRL. Simultaneously, the ethnic of numerous violations of the Convention against balance within the security forces was disturbed. Torture. These lawyers were later disbarred and Ethnic parity in the army and the security forces is another suspended. The government has also a requirement of the Arusha Peace Agreement and stalled the deployment of AU and UN Security the constitution. Despite the ongoing mediation Council-sanctioned forces. process, Mkapa has seemingly been unable to 2 RIFT VALLEY INSTITUTE MEETING REPORT • MAY 2017 Nicholson concluded that there are opportunities and not taking a visibly active role in the process, to resolve the crisis in Burundi, but positions while Uganda and Tanzania seem to accept the have hardened with neither of the sides willing status quo. to engage meaningfully in the talks. Furthermore, divisions within the EAC, AU and the UN have Conclusion made it difficult for the international community to Sustainable peace must take into account the assist in resolving the crisis. The influx of refugees history of the protracted crisis in Burundi and in the region may push the regional leaders to the region, the panellists concluded. The country intervene in the crisis, but she argued there has lived in a state of protracted crisis since remains a lack of strong will in regional leadership, independence with the aftermath of civil war, partly due to power politics and historical ethnic massacres, political assassinations, coups allegiances. and other power struggles resulting in the victors seeking to entrench themselves in their positions Role of girls and women in peace of power. A member of the Women and Girls Movement for A silver lining of these crises’ has been the uniting Peace and Security (MFFPS) said that despite the of historically opposing ethnic groups’ whose oppressive situation, women in Burundi have been clashes have been at the root of former civil wars, very active and vocal about the crisis. MFFPS is and have fed into the recurring conflicts. Now, one of several women’s organizations that have united in opposition, different ethnic groups across played a critical role in the peace process. Given Burundi want the same things: to fight against the disjointed and ineffective nature of the existing poor governance, institutionalized corruption, efforts, the general objective of the women’s impunity and for the return to the rule of law. movement is to raise their voices and pressure regional leaders. In trying to address the process Despite this move away from ethnic hostility, there and content of negotiation, the movement seeks to continues to be a complete misinterpretation of address the systemic exclusion of often vulnerable the will of the people, the panellists said. There is and marginalized groups such as women, youth a real need for inclusivity for the mediation to be and the media from it. The movement argues that successful. The citizens’ movements from across their inclusion will produce a more reliable and the region are strong and have the potential to sustainable solution. make Burundian voices heard, and to push for accountability. In doing so, the movement has mobilized women from within and beyond Burundi, from various The region’s political leaders should step up their political backgrounds and ethnic groups, and with efforts at mediation, by advocating for the process, diverse skills, to advocate for the end of violence and pushing for the rule of law and for justice and the return of the rule of law. Despite its efforts, for the victims of violence. Key members of the the movement worries that the looming revision international community are well coordinated and of the constitution and the formation of the a joint technical working group of the EAC, AU government of National Unity led by Nkurunziza and the UN, could be formed to ensure that the may escalate the crisis into a civil war. Fears of the process is inclusive and fair. crisis deepening are fuelled by Mkapa’s inability The promise of a successful mediation process to unite the efforts of regional leaders to engage will determine both short and long term peace Nkurunziza’s government.
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