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Conclusion: Compromise After Conflict—Making Peace with the Past

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Ex-Combatants, Gender and Peace in Northern Ireland

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Compromise after Conflict ((PSCAC))

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The focus of this final chapter is to capture some of the complexities of the disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) process, foregrounding the centrality to the peace process of the treatment and status of ex-combatants, and the roles which their experiences equip them to play in the building of a post-conflict society.

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Notes

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    In 2011, it was announced that Prime Minister David Cameron accepted that there had been state collusion in the killing of a leading human rights lawyer Pat Finucane—while simultaneously announcing that there would be no public inquiry into his death. For the full account, see ‘Afternoon [Prime Minister’s] Press Briefing for 11th October 2011. Go to http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/afternoon-press-briefing-for-11-october-2011/ (accessed 26 November 2014). Another example of state collusion was evidenced in 2007. Statement by the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland on Her Investigation into the Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Raymond McCord Junior and Related Matters. Statement under Section 62 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act of 1998 (22 January 2007), www.policeombudsman.org/PONI/files/9a/9a366c60-1d8d-41b9-8684-12d33560e8f9.pdf (accessed 26 November 2014).

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    ‘UVF Calls an End to Terror Campaign’, BBC News, 3 May 2007.

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    Coiste na n-Iarchimí and Tar Anall.

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    Tar Isteach provides Counselling Advice and Services for Republican ex-prisoners.

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    CS gas stands for chlorobenzylidene malononitrile anti-personnel riot gas. For military-based accounts, see Hamill (1985, pp. 36–39) and Barzilay (1977, pp. 11–16). See also Ó Fearghail (1970).

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Wahidin, A. (2016). Conclusion: Compromise After Conflict—Making Peace with the Past. In: Ex-Combatants, Gender and Peace in Northern Ireland. Palgrave Studies in Compromise after Conflict. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-36330-5_11

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