Politics, Defence & Security

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• Protocol on Politics, Defence and Security (2001)

  Entry Into Force: 2004-03-02

  Date Signed: 2001-08-14

  Type: Protocols

  Themes: Politics, Defence & Security, Politics and Diplomacy, Defence, Police (SARPCCO), State Security, Regional Peacekeeping, Disaster Risk Management

  
  

  In 1996, SADC created the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security – an institutional framework for coordinating policies and activities on politics, defence, and security. However, the Organ operated without a legal framework and clear objectives until SADC passed the Protocol on Politics, Defence and Security Co-operation on 14th August 2001.

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• Protocol Against Corruption (2001)

  Entry Into Force: 2003-08-06

  Date Signed: 2001-08-14

  Type: Protocols

  Themes: Politics, Defence & Security, Politics and Diplomacy

  
  

  The SADC Protocol Against Corruption aims to promote and strengthen the development, within each Member State, of mechanisms needed to prevent, detect, punish and eradicate corruption in the public and private sector.

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• Declaration concerning Firearms, Ammunition and other related materials (2001)

  Date Signed: 2001-03-09

  Type: Documents & Publications, Declarations

  Themes: Politics, Defence & Security, State Security, Public Security

  
  

  Recognising the negative impacts that illicit manufacture, use, trafficking, and stockpiling of firearms and ammunition have on a population, SADC Member States signed the Declaration Concerning Firearms, Ammunition and Other Related Materials in the Southern African Development Community.

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