Abstract
This paper examines the tragedy resulting from the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and raises the question as to why the International Community has not responded throughout the many years the conflict has been going on. Using the UN doctrine of Responsibility to Protect (R2P), the paper shows the inconsistency in the application of the doctrine by the UN when it comes to the conflict in the DRC. This inconsistency, the paper argues, is due to the fact that the major powers do not see the DRC as sufficiently being in their national interest as say Libya, whose leader was ousted with the help of a UN mandate applying the R2P doctrine.
Recommended Citation
Crawford, Carrie
(2013)
"The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): An Analysis,"
Journal of African Policy Studies: Vol. 19:
No.
1, Article 2.
Available at:
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/joaps/vol19/iss1/2