• Country/entity

  Chad
  

• Region

  Africa (excl MENA)
  

• Agreement name

  Peace Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Chad and the Movement for Democracy and justice in Chad (MDJT) (Tripoli Agreement)

• Date

  7 Jan 2002

• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed

• Interim arrangement

  Yes

• Agreement/conflict level

  Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( Chadian Conflicts (1966 - ) )

• Stage

  Framework/substantive - partial

• Conflict nature

  Government

• Peace process

  Chad: 'third war' process

• Parties

  Government of the Republic of Chad and the Movement for Democracy and Justice in Chad
  
  Signatures:
  For the Government of the Republic of Chad
  (Signed) Abderahman Moussa Minister of the Interior and Security
  
  For the Movement for Democracy and Justice in Chad
  (Signed) General Adoum Togoi
  Chairman of the National Reconciliation Committee

• Third parties

  For the Government of the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Signed) Ali Abdessalam Treiki Secretary of the People’s General Committee for African Unity

• Description

  This short agreements provides for an immediate ceasefire, amnesty, prisoners release, participation of MDJT in the Government and other State institutions, tripartite military committee, the integration of MDJT forces into the national army of Chad, as well as a tripartite follow-up committee.

• Agreement document

  TD_020107_PeaceAgreementChadandMDJT.pdf | Download PDF

Groups

Gender

State definition

Governance

Power sharing

Human rights and equality

Rights related issues

Rights institutions

Justice sector reform

Socio-economic reconstruction

Land, property and environment

Security sector

Transitional justice

Implementation

Peace agreement between the Government of the Republic of Chad and the Movement for Democracy and Justice in Chad Considering the Charters of the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity and the Treaty of the Community of Sahelo-Saharan States (COMESSA) concerning the peaceful settlement of conflicts, Convinced that overall development cannot be achieved without peace, security and stability, Brother Colonel Muammar Khaddafi, Leader of the Great Al-Fatih Revolution, invited the Government of the Republic of Chad and the Movement for Democracy and Justice in Chad (MDJT) to hold a meeting for the purpose of arriving at a solution to the conflict between them.

In response to the invitation of the Leader of the Great Al-Fatih Revolution in his capacity as permanent coordinator and sponsor of the peace process and in view of the mandate entrusted to him by the COMESSA Presidential Summit held at N’Djamena on 4 and 5 February 2000, the two parties held a meeting at Tripoli on 4 January 2002, at which they agreed as follows:

Article 1 To declare an immediate ceasefire between the two parties, to refrain from any direct or indirect military action, to stop all media campaigns against each other and to guarantee the free movement of persons and goods.

Article 2 To declare a general amnesty and to release the prisoners and detainees of both sides.

Article 3 To work towards the achievement of peace, security, stability and economic and social development in the region.

Article 4 To ensure the participation of MDJT in the Government and other State institutions, the modalities for such MDJT involvement being determined by the political and legal committee.

Article 5 A tripartite military committee comprising representatives of the Government of Chad, the Government of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and MDJT shall be established and charged with determining where forces shall be concentrated and stationed.

Article 6 The MDJT forces shall be integrated into the national army of Chad in accordance with the modalities decided upon by the military and security subcommittee.

Article 7 A tripartite follow-up committee comprising representatives of the Government of Chad, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and MDJT shall be created and shall be responsible for the implementation of this Agreement.

Article 8 Three technical subcommittees on political and legal, military and security, and social and economic matters, respectively, shall be established to work out the details of this Agreement not later than two months after its signature.

Article 9 The agreed annexes shall form an integral part of this Agreement.

Article 10 The Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya shall ensure the implementation of the provisions of this Agreement.

DONE at Tripoli on 7 January 2002.

For the Government of the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Signed) Ali Abdessalam Treiki Secretary of the People’s General Committee for African Unity For the Government of the Republic of Chad (Signed) Abderahman Moussa Minister of the Interior and Security For the Movement for Democracy and Justice in Chad (Signed) General Adoum Togoi Chairman of the National Reconciliation Committee