{"id":1653,"date":"2025-02-25T09:34:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T08:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justiceexpeerience.org\/?p=1653"},"modified":"2025-02-25T09:34:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T08:34:57","slug":"lua-et-lue-adoptent-des-resolutions-face-aux-violations-commises-en-rdc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justiceexpeerience.org\/en\/2025\/02\/25\/lua-et-lue-adoptent-des-resolutions-face-aux-violations-commises-en-rdc\/","title":{"rendered":"The AU and the UE Adopt Resolutions in Response to Violations in the DRC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">On 14 February, 2025, during its 1261<sup>st<\/sup> meeting at the level of heads of state and government, the African Union (AU), Peace and Security Counsil (PSC) adopted a <a href=\"https:\/\/papsrepository.africa-union.org\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/2289\/1261.2.comm_fr.pdf?sequence=3&amp;isAllowed=y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">resolution<\/a><strong> calling for an immediate ceasefire<\/strong> and<strong> protection of civilians in eastern DRC.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">This resolution <strong>strongly condemns the actions of armed groups<\/strong> such as the M23, demands <strong>an end to all foreign occupation<\/strong>, calls for the <strong>restoration of essential services in the city of Goma<\/strong> , and urges the <strong>immediate resumption of political negotiations<\/strong>. AU member states are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaceau.org\/uploads\/psc-protocol-fr.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">required to respect and implement<\/a> the PSC's decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Two days before the AU Summit, <a>an <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fidh.org\/spip.php?page=spipdf&amp;spipdf=spipdf_article&amp;id_article=31238&amp;nom_fichier=article_31238\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">open letter<\/a>, signed by 30 organisations was addressed to AU heads of state, <strong>urging them to include specific measures in their resolution<\/strong>. To the disappointment of the signatory organisations,<strong> the resolution did not include the establishment of a fact-finding mission<\/strong> to assess the crimes committed and combat impunity more effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">In this letter, organisations denounce the <strong>persistence of violence and human rights violations<\/strong>, as well as the<strong>the illegal exploitation of natural resources<\/strong>. They call on the AU to intenseify efforts to protect civilians, support human rights defenders, and ensure accountability for those responsible for war crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhille, on 13 February, the European Parliament adopted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/doceo\/document\/TA-10-2025-0020_FR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">resolution<\/a> urging the European Commission and the Council to <strong>immediately suspend the EU-Rwanda Memorandum of Understanding<\/strong> on sustainable raw material value chains. They also called for a <strong>freeze on direct budgetary aid to Rwanda<\/strong> until the country ceases its interference in the DRC and stops exporting minerals from M23-controlled areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Since then, <strong>the M23 has expanded its offensive towards South Kivu<\/strong> and <strong>seized contral of Bukavu<\/strong>, while<strong>Uganda has increased its troop deployment in Ituri<\/strong>, including in <strong>Bunia<\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le 14 f\u00e9vrier 2025, lors de sa 1261\u00e8me r\u00e9union au niveau des chefs d\u2019\u00c9tat et de gouvernement, le Conseil de paix et de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 (CPS) de l\u2019Union africaine (UA) a adopt\u00e9 une r\u00e9solution appelant \u00e0 un cessez-le-feu imm\u00e9diat et \u00e0 la protection urgente des civils dans l\u2019est de la RDC. 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