Routine but Consequential: How Ceasefire Monitors’ Reporting Constructs Opportunities for (Non)Compliance by Conflict Opponents

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Figure 1. Three mechanisms by which reporting by ceasefire monitors affects and/or provides opportunities for conflict parties.

Fig consists of text stating reporting by ceasefire monitors...→ contributes to conflict narratives→ creatives opportunities for compliance and noncompliance by conflict parties by establishing expectations; making agreement commitments specific; setting timeframes→ through silences and elisions, reveals monitoring's limits.

Table 1. Possible conflict actor responses to critiques of ceasefire monitors.

Ceasefire monitors critique or condemn conflict actor A	Possible Conflict Actor Responses
	> A accepts responsibility unconditionally
	> A accepts responsibility conditionally
	> A rejects or denies responsibility
	> A blames another conflict opponent
	> A faults monitoring methodology / conclusions
	> A does not respond

Figure 2. Extract of a timeline from a monitoring report.¹⁰⁶

Fig 2 outlines the actions required by the peace agreement, the dates by which these actions are to be implemented, and an interpreted timetable set out by ceasefire monitors.