“The first issue of the Security Sector Reform Monitor: Burundi addressed ongoing
reforms within the police and the judiciary, two crucial sectors in the Burundian
security sector that figure prominently in both the Arusha Peace and Reconciliation
Agreement of August 2000 and the 2005 post-transition constitution. Today,
reforms undertaken in both institutions—as well as other organizations involved in
the wider SSR field—face various constraints at different levels, including growing
corruption. A challenging problem in many post-conflict societies, corruption in the
security sector can result in poor service delivery and increased costs to cash-strapped
governments, not to mention the profound and potentially lasting negative impact on
public confidence in security sector institutions.”
