Responsibility To Protect (R2P) and Crimes Against Humanity in the DRC

Thomas Peak (Speaker)
Richard Kapend (Invited speaker)

Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk

Description of Activity

Eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have for decades been plagued by chronic instability, violence, war, and extreme human suffering. Millions have died in the 25 years since the long Rwandan Civil War ignited a continental conflict. Conflict related sexual violence and use of child soldiers have been endemic, amid extensive Crimes against Humanity, War Crimes, and repeated accusations of Genocide. Despite the presence of the world’s largest peacekeeping mission, the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), violence continues to this day.

Period	21 Apr 2021
Held at	University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Degree of Recognition	International

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Eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have for decades been plagued by chronic instability, violence, war, and extreme human suffering. Millions have died in the 25 years since the long Rwandan Civil War ignited a continental conflict. Conflict related sexual violence and use of child soldiers have been endemic, amid extensive Crimes against Humanity, War Crimes, and repeated accusations of Genocide. Despite the presence of the world’s largest peacekeeping mission, the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), violence continues to this day.