Haiti’s long and difficult security sector reform (SSR) process has entered a new phase. The reinstatement of the Haitian armed forces, nearly 20 years after former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide disbanded them, adds a new set of actors and more complexity to a process already struggling to deliver results amidst a seemingly endless series of political crises. The armed forces must be an impartial and apolitical institution if they are to contribute to stability in Haiti – an uncertain proposition given their past inability to stay out of the political arena. Building on a summary of the latest developments in the reinstatement process, this paper discusses its implications for Haiti’s prolonged international engagement. In particular, the paper focuses on the process to develop a new White Paper on Defence and National Security in Haiti. This process has the potential to contribute to two of the most significant shortcomings of SSR in Haiti, a limited focus on security sector governance and a lack of local ownership. The reinstatement process has been an interesting test case of the international donor community’s commitment to the concept of local ownership, long held to be a moral and practical pillar of international engagement. Though reinstatement has been driven by Haitian authorities, the process has struggled to make progress without donor support, raising questions about the appropriate role of international actors in strategic decision-making at the national level. Regardless of their initial reaction to reinstatement, Haiti’s international donors risk missing an opportunity to influence the development of an important pillar of Haiti’s post-MINUSTAH security sector by choosing to remain on the sidelines.

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海地的军队、稳定和安全部门治理

海地漫长而艰难的安全部门改革（SSR）进程进入了一个新阶段。在前总统让-贝特朗·阿里斯蒂德解散海地武装部队近 20 年后，海地武装部队的复职为在看似无休止的一系列政治危机中已经难以取得成果的进程增加了一组新的参与者和更多复杂性。武装部队如果要为海地的稳定做出贡献，就必须是一个公正和非政治的机构——鉴于他们过去无法置身于政治舞台之外，这是一个不确定的提议。本文件以恢复进程的最新发展摘要为基础，讨论了其对海地长期国际参与的影响。特别是，该文件侧重于制定新的海地国防和国家安全白皮书的过程。这一过程有可能导致海地 SSR 的两个最严重的缺陷，即对安全部门治理的关注有限和缺乏地方自主权。恢复进程一直是国际捐助界对地方所有权概念承诺的一个有趣的测试案例，长期以来一直被视为国际参与的道德和实践支柱。尽管海地当局推动了恢复工作，但在没有捐助者支持的情况下，这一进程难以取得进展，引发了对国际行为者在国家层面战略决策中的适当作用的质疑。不管他们对复职的最初反应如何，