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