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The role of international organisations in the post-conflict period in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2011.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/25056 The role of international organisations in the post-conflict period in the Democratic Republic of Congo Viljoen, Frans josmyer@webmail.co.za Yabadi, Mujinga United Nations (UN) African Union (AU) Southern African Development Community (SADC) Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) UCTD Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2011. This mini-dissertation examines the role of the United Nations, the African Union and the three relevant sub-regional organizations namely the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) in the post-conflict period in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). These organizations played a threefold role based on the monitoring, intervention and assistance regarding the reconciliation and reconstruction process. To some extent, their strategies contributed to activate the reconstruction and the reconciliation process after nearly a decade of instability caused by the war in the country. However, in spite of the combined efforts of these actors, the conflict persists and continues to take innocent human lives, leaving the survivors affected by hostilities and violations of human rights that they have experienced. The study sets out the political situation in the DRC during the conflict, then analyzes the resurgence of the conflict beyond the ceasefire and later explores the role played by each actor relatively to its mandate after the free and democratic elections of 2006, which mark the starting point of the reconstruction and reconciliation process. In analyzing these interventions, the study refers to the protocols, objectives and results of each organization. From this perspective, the study argues that each conflict has its realities and does not necessarily comply with the standard solution (negotiations and military interventions). As for the DRC, this approach has not provided the expected solutions. The nature of the conflict, the history of the DRC and the Congolese people is new to the different organizations and impacts considerably on the way they perceive and deal with the situation. The study found that each of the international organizations is mandated, in one way or another, to deal with issues such as those rose in the DRC post-conflict period namely rapes, outrageous criminality. Yet, none of the organizations reached the results envisaged by its statute. Taking the best from each other, these organizations need complementarity when addressing the reconstruction and reconciliation in the DRC post-conflict period. Therefore, these multiple agents fit together to address the challenges in the DRC post-conflict period. The study also emphasizes that initiation of tolerance showed through civilian reconciliation constitutes a prerequisite to any possible and durable peace in the country. Centre for Human Rights unrestricted 2013-09-06T19:04:20Z 2011-06-07 2013-09-06T19:04:20Z 2011-04-11 2011-06-07 2011-05-27 Dissertation Yabadi, M 2011, The role of international organisations in the post-conflict period in the Democratic Republic of Congo, LLM dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25056 > E11/344/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25056 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05272011-162931/ © 2011, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | United Nations (UN) African Union (AU) Southern African Development Community (SADC) Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) UCTD The role of international organisations in the post-conflict period in the Democratic Republic of Congo |
| title | The role of international organisations in the post-conflict period in the Democratic Republic of Congo |
| title_full | The role of international organisations in the post-conflict period in the Democratic Republic of Congo |
| title_fullStr | The role of international organisations in the post-conflict period in the Democratic Republic of Congo |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of international organisations in the post-conflict period in the Democratic Republic of Congo |
| title_short | The role of international organisations in the post-conflict period in the Democratic Republic of Congo |
| title_sort | role of international organisations in the post conflict period in the democratic republic of congo |
| topic | United Nations (UN) African Union (AU) Southern African Development Community (SADC) Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25056 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05272011-162931/ |