More than six decades since the adoption of the Geneva Conventions of 1949, mankind has experienced an alarming number of armed conflicts affecting almost every continent. During this time, the four Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols of 1977 have provided legal protection to people not or no longer participating directly in hostilities (the wounded, sick and shipwrecked, persons deprived of their liberty for reasons related to an armed conflict and civilians). Even so, there have been numerous violations of these treaties, resulting in suffering and death which could have been avoided if International Humanitarian Law (IHL) was better respected.
For more than two decades, the African Great Lakes Region has been characterized by intense political violence which has resulted in various violations of serious international crimes including genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
This article will focus on the third armed conflict (2004-2009) under the leadership of General Nkunda and Colonel Mutebusi’s rebellions. Besides, it the legal reasoning of the violations of international humanitarian law during the third conflict in the DRC and then presentes the necessity to prosecute the perpetrators.
For more, the article was published in A38JIL
2(1), (April 2013) 244-252 Available at
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