KAS African Law Study Library

The complexity and costs in terms of means and time of manual or paper ballot voting operations in modern democratic states make electoral organization and participation costly and weak. To make up for this situation, the election management bodies...

This article examines the compliance of the application fees charged in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s electoral process with the constitution and international legal instruments for the protection of human rights. It shows that the amount of...

This article analyzes the impact of fiscal policy on the financing of the electoral process in the DRC. It is true that the financing of elections in the DRC remains a divisive issue. The Congolese government has taken different steps in each...

This article examines the basis for harmonization of mining policies between the DRC and Zambia. The paper notes that the two countries are not only neighbors, but also both straddle the copper belt, which to date is a strategic mineral coveted by...

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...

This article focuses on the organization of the electoral campaign in the DRC. Based on the experiences of the 2006, 2011 and 2018 elections, it is important to reconsider the achievements already recorded by using the lessons learned from past...

This article looks at the history, issues and results of tax reforms in the mining sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo. While noting the issues and results of tax reforms in the sector, mainly those brought by the 2002 and 2018 law, it argues...

Africa has been home to several conflicts and insecurity due to several challenges ranging from climate change, hunger and malnutrition, diseases, increase in population and the scramble for the scanty resources on the continent. Among the problems...

This paper examines interdependencies between access to education and equal economic chances with a focus on Uganda spotlighted through legal lenses. Interestingly, access to education does not only interact with equal economic chances as a...