Adadda Peace Agreement

Export agreement:

Country/entity
Ethiopia
Somalia
Ogaden
Puntland
Region
Africa (excl MENA)
Africa (excl MENA)
Africa (excl MENA)
Africa (excl MENA)
Agreement name
Adadda Peace Agreement
Date
15 May 1997
Agreement status
Multiparty signed/agreed
Interim arrangement
Yes
Agreement/conflict level
Intrastate/local conflict ( Somali Civil War (1991 - ) )
Stage
Framework/substantive - comprehensive
Conflict nature
Inter-group
Peace process
Somali Local Peace Processes
Parties
Communities of Adadda.
Third parties
-
Description
Short agreement to be implemented by the community elders providing for management of resources according to customary law, preventing deforestation, preventing water catchment structures, reimbursement for those who have had their water catchments destroyed.

Groups

Political institutions (new or reformed)
No specific mention.
Elections
No specific mention.
Electoral commission
No specific mention.
Political parties reform
No specific mention.
Civil society
No specific mention.
Traditional/religious leaders
Page 1, The mediating committee proposed the following:
... - Community elders shall administer the implementation of the mediating committee’s recommendations;
Public administration
No specific mention.
Constitution
No specific mention.

Criminal justice and emergency law
No specific mention.
State of emergency provisions
No specific mention.
Judiciary and courts
No specific mention.
Prisons and detention
No specific mention.
Traditional Laws
Page 1, The mediating committee proposed the following:
... - Management of resources ( in this case water ) through xeer, or customary law

Land reform/rights
Land, property and environment→Land reform/rights→Land reform and management
Page 1, The mediating committee proposed the following:
... - Formation of berkedo in common grazing areas are prohibited
- Use of movable plastic reservoirs will substitute construction of [permanent] berkedo
- Nugaal authorities will monitor and regulate the building of new berkedo in Tukaale as well as other nearby common grazing land;
Pastoralist/nomadism rights
Page 1, The mediating committee proposed the following:
... - Formation of berkedo in common grazing areas are prohibited
- Use of movable plastic reservoirs will substitute construction of [permanent] berkedo
- Nugaal authorities will monitor and regulate the building of new berkedo in Tukaale as well as other nearby common grazing land;
Cultural heritage
No specific mention.
Environment
Page 1, The mediating committee proposed the following:
... - For environmental reasons, deforestation is prohibited
Water or riparian rights or access
Page 1, The mediating committee proposed the following:
... - Formation of berkedo in common grazing areas are prohibited
- Use of movable plastic reservoirs will substitute construction of [permanent] berkedo
- Nugaal authorities will monitor and regulate the building of new berkedo in Tukaale as well as other nearby common grazing land;
- Nugaal authorities are also responsible for reimbursement for destruction of berkedo;

UN signatory
No specific mention.
Other international signatory
No specific mention.
Referendum for agreement
No specific mention.
International mission/force/similar
No specific mention.
Enforcement mechanism
Page 1, - Community elders shall administer the implementation of the mediating
committee’s recommendations;
Related cases
No specific mention.
Source
Hassan Adan Mohamed and Amina Abdulkadir M. Nur, The Puntland Experience: A Bottom- up Approach to Peace and State Building - Peace Initiatives in Puntland 1991-2007 (ed.) Pat Johnson (Garowe, Puntland, Somalia: Interpeace, 2008), p. 84-85

Adadda Agreement, 1997

The mediating committee proposed the following:

- Immediate dismantling of forces at Kur’aad

- Management of resources ( in this case water ) through xeer, or customary law

- Formation of berkedo in common grazing areas are prohibited

- For environmental reasons, deforestation is prohibited

- Use of movable plastic reservoirs will substitute construction of [permanent] berkedo

- Nugaal authorities will monitor and regulate the building of new berkedo in Tukaale as well as other nearby common grazing land;

- Nugaal authorities are also responsible for reimbursement for destruction of berkedo;

- Community elders shall administer the implementation of the mediating committee’s recommendations;