Accord de Principe de Rome
- Country/entityMali
Azawad - RegionAfrica (excl MENA)
Africa (excl MENA) - Agreement nameAccord de Principe de Rome
- Date2 Feb 2022
- Agreement statusMultiparty signed/agreed
- Interim arrangementYes
- Agreement/conflict levelIntrastate/intrastate conflict ()
- StageRenewal
- Conflict natureInter-group
- Peace processMali-Azawad Inter-Azawad peace process
- PartiesOn behalf of
Government of Mali
Minister of Reconciliation
Colonel Major Ismaël Wagué
On behalf of
Ara Pacis Initiatives for Peace Onlus
Maria Nicoletta Gaida, Chair
On behalf of
La Plateforme du 14 juin 2014 d’Alger
(Platform of Algiers of 14 June 2014)
Hanoune Ould Ali, Chair
On behalf of
The CSP
Bilal Ag Acherif, Chair - Third parties-
- DescriptionAgreement between Mali government and former Tuareg and Azawadi rebel groups to renew commitment to maintain the Alger Agreement, facilitated by an Italian organisation (Ara Pacis).
- Agreement document
- Agreement document (original language)
Groups
- Children/youthGroups→Children/youth→SubstantivePage 1, para 1. The CSP (Cadre stratégique permanent – Permanent strategic coalition) renews its commitment to maintain the Alger Agreement and to implement it in order to open to all the signatory parties of the Agreement and to other entities (traditional authorities, women and the young) who share the same values, ideas and objectives.
Page 1, para 5. A consulting body of traditional authorities, women and the young is established within the Coalition to help form its orientation and principles. - Disabled persons
No specific mention.
- Elderly/age
No specific mention.
- Migrant workers
No specific mention.
- Racial/ethnic/national group
No specific mention.
- Religious groups
No specific mention.
- Indigenous people
No specific mention.
- Other groups
No specific mention.
- Refugees/displaced persons
No specific mention.
- Social class
No specific mention.
Gender
- Women, girls and genderPage 1, para 1. The CSP (Cadre stratégique permanent – Permanent strategic coalition) renews its commitment to maintain the Alger Agreement and to implement it in order to open to all the signatory parties of the Agreement and to other entities (traditional authorities, women and the young) who share the same values, ideas and objectives.
Page 1, para 5. A consulting body of traditional authorities, women and the young is established within the Coalition to help form its orientation and principles. - Men and boys
No specific mention.
- LGBTI
No specific mention.
- Family
No specific mention.
State definition
- Nature of state (general)Page 1, para 4. The government supervises the activities which regard the national sovereignty. A joint mechanism shall be established among the parties for transparent financial reporting.
- State configuration
No specific mention.
- Self determination
No specific mention.
- Referendum
No specific mention.
- State symbols
No specific mention.
- Independence/secession
No specific mention.
- Accession/unification
No specific mention.
- Border delimitation
No specific mention.
- Cross-border provision
No specific mention.
Governance
- 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 leadersPage 1, para 5. A consulting body of traditional authorities, women and the young is established within the Coalition to help form its orientation and principles.
- Public administration
No specific mention.
- Constitution
No specific mention.
Power sharing
- Political power sharing
No specific mention.
- Territorial power sharing
No specific mention.
- Economic power sharing
No specific mention.
- Military power sharing
No specific mention.
Human rights and equality
- Human rights/RoL general
No specific mention.
- Bill of rights/similar
No specific mention.
- Treaty incorporation
No specific mention.
- Civil and political rights
No specific mention.
- Socio-economic rights
No specific mention.
Rights related issues
- Citizenship
No specific mention.
- Democracy
No specific mention.
- Detention procedures
No specific mention.
- Media and communication
No specific mention.
- Mobility/access
No specific mention.
- Protection measures
No specific mention.
- Other
No specific mention.
Rights institutions
- NHRI
No specific mention.
- Regional or international human rights institutions
No specific mention.
Justice sector reform
- 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
No specific mention.
Socio-economic reconstruction
- Development or socio-economic reconstruction
No specific mention.
- National economic plan
No specific mention.
- Natural resources
No specific mention.
- International funds
No specific mention.
- Business
No specific mention.
- Taxation
No specific mention.
- Banks
No specific mention.
Land, property and environment
- Land reform/rights
No specific mention.
- Pastoralist/nomadism rights
No specific mention.
- Cultural heritage
No specific mention.
- Environment
No specific mention.
- Water or riparian rights or access
No specific mention.
Security sector
- Security Guarantees
No specific mention.
- Ceasefire
No specific mention.
- Police
No specific mention.
- Armed forces
No specific mention.
- DDR
No specific mention.
- Intelligence services
No specific mention.
- Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces
No specific mention.
- Withdrawal of foreign forces
No specific mention.
- Corruption
No specific mention.
- Crime/organised crime
No specific mention.
- Drugs
No specific mention.
- Terrorism
No specific mention.
Transitional justice
- Transitional justice general
No specific mention.
- Amnesty/pardon
No specific mention.
- Courts
No specific mention.
- Mechanism
No specific mention.
- Prisoner release
No specific mention.
- Vetting
No specific mention.
- Victims
No specific mention.
- Missing persons
No specific mention.
- Reparations
No specific mention.
- ReconciliationPage 1, para 8. CSP is pleased by the commitment of the transitional government to accompany and support all actions within the framework of stabilization and reconciliation.
Implementation
- 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
No specific mention.
- Related cases
No specific mention.
- SourceChoudhury, Lipika Majumdar Roy, Albert Barume, Aurélien Llorca, Fatma Saber (2021). "Annex 25: Rome agreement in principle" in Final report of the Panel of Experts on Mali established pursuant to Security Council resolution 2374 (2017)). Available online at:
https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf/cf/%7B65BFCF9B-6D27-4E9C-8CD3-CF6E4FF96FF9%7D/S_2022_595.pdf Accessed 13.03.2023.
Rome Agreement-in-Principle
The CSP (Cadre stratégique permanent – Permanent strategic coalition) renews its commitment to maintain the Alger Agreement and to implement it in order to open to all the signatory parties of the Agreement and to other entities (traditional authorities, women and the young) who share the same values, ideas and objectives.
In order to provide a clearer outline of its objectives, CSP appends the terms “for reconciliation, security and development”, as by-words to its final official name.
The chairmanship of the CSP, once integrated by all the parties, shall be executed in turns by entities from which it consists.
The government supervises the activities which regard the national sovereignty.
A joint mechanism shall be established among the parties for transparent financial reporting.
A consulting body of traditional authorities, women and the young is established within the Coalition to help form its orientation and principles.
A Charter declaring the values, principles and objectives of the CSP shall be drafted.
The signatory movements of the Agreement of which CSP consists remain open to resuming the dialogue between the parties to the Alger Agreement in order to this being implemented entirely and diligently.
CSP is pleased by the commitment of the transitional government to accompany and support all actions within the framework of stabilization and reconciliation.
The Government committed to take particular actions to ensure application of the Alger Agreement commencing tomorrow.
Once all the parties are integrated:
The Government takes the necessary steps vis-à-vis the partners in order to support CSP and back its financing.
The Government commits to accompany, support and finance CSP and its actions.
Signed by:
[illegible signature]
On behalf of On behalf of
Government of Mali Ara Pacis Initiatives for Peace Onlus
Minister of Reconciliation Maria Nicoletta Gaida, Chair
Colonel Major Ismaël Wagué [illegible signature]
____________________________ ___________________________
On behalf of On behalf of
La Plateforme du 14 juin 2014 d’Alger
(Platform of Algiers of 14 June 2014) The CSP
Hanoune Ould Ali, Chair Bilal Ag Acherif, Chair
[illegible signature] [illegible signature]
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