KAS African Law Study Library

The rule of law provides an opportunity for rulers to listen to the governed on a regular basis. To this end, elections are held at regular intervals. Thus, the power that emerges from elections seems to be the most legitimate one that can exist....

One of the characteristics of the process of African economic integration is the proliferation of African international organizations. This proliferation generates other integration challenges for the continent. In the process of African...

In analyzing the exercise of the jurisdiction of the Congolese constitutional court in matters of candidacy disputes, this study has circumscribed the judge's reasoning, which is a reasoning of legality due to the fact that the judge must confront...

This paper assesses the governance of funds from the 15 % share of the mining royalty destined for decentralized territorial entities based on the experience of Kasai Oriental. The analysis shows that mining companies fulfill their legal obligation...

The study on election monitoring in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in particular, highlighted the impact of this practice on the legitimacy of the institutions resulting from the elections, on the one hand, and, on the other, on the reforms...

Citizen control of the electoral process is a necessary tool for the promotion and consolidation of the rule of law. Citizens must take ownership of the control of the electoral process to counter any attempt at electoral fraud and thus contribute...

The eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in acronym DRC, is in a war described by experts as "a war that does not say its name". A repeated war which, more than two decades ago, caused the loss of human lives and serious violations of...

La course au « développement économique utilisé comme un des critères de l’investissement et le développement durable visant à intégrer les préoccupations environnementales dans le droit international de l’investissement », ne laisse...