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On March 28, 2013, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) authorized an Intervention Brigade (the Brigade) - its "first-ever 'offensive' combat force" - to undertake military operations against armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).[1] This Insight describes some of the legal issues that arise from the Brigade's mandate.
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On October 19, 2012, the Copenhagen Process on the Handling of Detainees in International Military Operations (the Process) welcomed the adoption of the Copenhagen Process Principles and Guidelines (Principles and Guidelines).[1] This Insight provides a brief background to the Process and the Principles and Guidelines and explains the significance of this development.
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On December 6, 2012, the worldâs first regional treaty on internal displacement came into force. Adopted in Kampala, Uganda, during an October 2009 Special Summit of Heads of State and Government on Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa, the African Union Convention on the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (the âKampala Conventionâ) has been signed by thirty-six African states and ratified by fifteen.[1]
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