The MONUSCO Intervention Brigade: A test-case for the application of International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law to a robust UN peace-keeping operation

The protection of the Intervention Brigade under Article 8 (2)(e)(iii) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

1. Introduction As a non-international armed conflict continued in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo between the DRC armed forces and non-state armed groups, the United Nations Security Council acting on the recommendation of the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and in response to the call of the governments in Africa’s Great Lakes region, adopted Resolution...

The intervention brigade within the MONUSCO. The legal challenges of applicability and application of IHL

1. Introduction The Intervention Brigade was established by UN Security Council Resolution 2098[1] in 2013, within the framework of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo  (Mission de l’Organisation des Nations unies pour la stabilisation en République démocratique du Congo – MONUSCO). MONUSCO, a UN-commanded mission pursuant to Chapter VII of...