Acte d'Engagement, Nord Kivu

Country/entity
Democratic Republic of Congo
Region
Africa (excl MENA)
Agreement name
Acte d'Engagement, Nord Kivu
Date
23 Jan 2008
Agreement status
Multiparty signed/agreed
Interim arrangement
Yes
Agreement/conflict level
Intrastate/intrastate conflict
Stage
Framework/substantive - partial
Conflict nature
Government
Peace process
DRC: Eastern DRC processes
Parties
Pour:
1. Le Congrès National pour Défense du Peuple, CNDP: Mr Kambasu Ngeve
2. Les PARECO/FAP, Mme Sophie Bwiza B.; Mr Mathe Sikuli; Mr Sendugu Museveni
3. Les Mai-Mai Kasindien, Mr Vita Kitambala
4. Les Mai-Mai kifuafua, Axe Walikale; Mr Bikoy Mukongo; Axe Ufamandu/Masisi; Mr Didier Bitaki Weteshe
5. Les Mai-Mai Vurondo, Mr Kambilibaya Sindani
6. Les Mai-Mai Mongol, Mr F. Miganda Garaga; Mr D. Habyara Shobora
7. L'UJPS, Mr Tumaini Byamungu E.
8. Les Mai-Mai Rwenzori, Mr Kasereka Matabishi
9. Le Simba, Mr Hodaf Mungo Kalinda; Mr Kakuru Kika, D.

Pour le Gouvernement:
Ministre d'Etat chargé de l'Interieur, Décentralisation et Sécurité: S.E. Denis Kalume Numbi

Pour La Conference
1. Le Président de la Conférence: Mr l'Abbé Apollinaire Malumalu
2. Le Président du Comité des Sages: Honorable Vital Kamerhe
3. Le Coordinateur Adjoint du Panel des Modérateurs: Mr Azarias Ruberwa Manyua
4. Délégation du Nord-Kivu: Le Gouverneur, Mr Julien Paluku Kahongya; Le Vice-Président de L'Assemblée Provinciale, Honorable Mukinti Baumbilia
5. Délégation du Sud-Kivu: Le Gouverneur a.i, Mr Watunakanza, B. Bernard; Le Président de L'Assemblée Provinciale, Honorable Baleke Kadudu, Emille.
Third parties
LES FACILITATEURS INTERNATIONAUX:
Pour les NATIONS-UNIES, Mr Alan Doss
Pour l'UNION EUROPEENNE, Mr Roeland van de Geer
Pour les ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE, Mr Tim Shortley
Pour l'UNION AFRICAINE, Mr Pierre Yere
Pour la CONFERENCE INTERNATIONALE SUR LA REGION DES GRANDS LACS, Mme Liberata Mulamula

LES TEMOINS NATIONAUX
POUR LES CHEFS COUTUMIERS
SUD-KIVU, MWAMI KABARE RUGEMANINZI II NABUSHI
NORD-KIVU, MWAMI ALEXANDRE MUHINDO MUKOSASENGE

POUR LA SOCIETE CIVILE
DÉLÉGATION NATIONALE: MR KIBISWA KWABENE NAUPESS
SUD-KIVU: MR BIRHINGINGWA MUGABO CYPRIEN
NORD-KIVU: MR JASON LUNENO MAENE

POUR LE SECTEUR PRIVE
FEC SUD-KIVU: MR MUDEKEREZA NAMEGABE
FEC NORD-KIVU:MR DESIRE SEGAHUNGU

POUR LES CONFESSIONS RELIGIEUSES
EGLISE CATHOLIQUE: +THEOPHILE KABOY
EGLISE DU CHRIST AU CONGO: EV. SONGOU NATHALIS
EGLISE ORTHODOXE: PR. FUMUNZANZA GIMUANGA
EGLISE KIMBANGUISTE: REV. SAKUAMESO RAPHAEL
EGLISE DU REVEIL: EV. NTAMBWE MUMPEMPE
COMMUNAUTE ISLAMIQUE: IMAM RACHIDI MOUSSA
EGLISE INDEPENDANTE DU CONGO: S.E SIMON NZINGA M
ARMEE DU SALUT: MAJOR GRACIA MATONDO
Description
This is short agreement between the opposition parties in North Kivu and the DRC Government. The agreement provides for a ceasefire and covers issues relating to DDR, human rights and humanitarian issues, and political and judicial guarantees (including an amnesty law).


Groups

Children/youth
Groups→Children/youth→Substantive
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Strict observation of the regulations of international humanitarian law and human rights, in particular:
• Cessation of acts of violence, abuse, discrimination and exclusion, of any kind, against the civilian population, particularly women and children, elderly and disabled persons;
...
• A ban on any recruitment, and specific promotion of the rights of children in conflict (or post-conflict) zones;
Disabled persons
Groups→Disabled persons→Substantive
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Strict observation of the regulations of international humanitarian law and human rights, in particular:
• Cessation of acts of violence, abuse, discrimination and exclusion, of any kind, against the civilian population, particularly women and children, elderly and disabled persons;
Elderly/age
Groups→Elderly/age→Substantive
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Strict observation of the regulations of international humanitarian law and human rights, in particular:
• Cessation of acts of violence, abuse, discrimination and exclusion, of any kind, against the civilian population, particularly women and children, elderly and disabled persons;
Migrant workers

No specific mention.

Racial/ethnic/national group

No specific mention.

Religious groups

No specific mention.

Indigenous people

No specific mention.

Other groups

No specific mention.

Refugees/displaced persons
Groups→Refugees/displaced persons→Rhetorical
Page 1, Untitled Preamble:
...
5. Deeply deploring the insecurity which has prevailed in the Province of North Kivu for so long; causing large scale displacements of the population and terrible suffering amongst civilians and extensive violations of human rights;
Groups→Refugees/displaced persons→Substantive
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In order to do this the following two Sub-Commissions of this Commission shall be created:
...
b) A Humanitarian and Social Sub-Commission responsible for:
• questions regarding internally displaced persons;
• questions relating to refugees.

Page 5, ARTICLE IV: POLITICAL AND JUDICIAL GUARANTEE MEASURES:
The DRC Government, enacting this engagement and at the request of the CNDP, the PARECO/N-K, the Mai-Mai Kasindien, the Mai-Mai Kifuafua, the Mai-Mai Vurondo, the Mai-Mai Mongol, the UJPS, the Mai-Mai Rwenzori, and the Simba; undertakes, in accordance with the relevant recommendation of the Conference on Peace, Security and Development of the Provinces of North and South Kivu:
...
4. To create a demilitarised zone to enable, in particular, the deployment of MONUC observers and the safety and return of displaced persons;
Social class

No specific mention.


Gender

Women, girls and gender
Page 4: ARTICLE III: ON HUMANITARIAN PRINCIPLES AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS:
Strict observation of the regulations of international humanitarian law and human rights, in particular:
• Cessation of acts of violence, abuse, discrimination and exclusion, of any kind, against the civilian population, particularly women and children, elderly and disabled persons;
Men and boys

No specific mention.

LGBTI

No specific mention.

Family

No specific mention.


State definition

Nature of state (general)

No specific mention.

State configuration

No specific mention.

Self determination

No specific mention.

Referendum

No specific mention.

State symbols

No specific mention.

Independence/secession

No specific mention.

Accession/unification

No specific mention.

Border delimitation

No specific mention.

Cross-border provision

No specific mention.


Governance

Political institutions (new or reformed)

No specific mention.

Elections

No specific mention.

Electoral commission

No specific mention.

Political parties reform

No specific mention.

Civil society
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Strict observation of the regulations of international humanitarian law and human rights, in particular:
...
• Return of refugees to their countries under the supervision of the tripartite HCR, the DRC Government and the country of asylum (Burundi, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania) according to the timetable adopted by the Humanitarian and Social Technical Commission;
• Establishment of a commission responsible for supervising internal displaced persons and reinstalling them in their places of origin in collaboration with the United Nations and other humanitarian organisations;
• Creating favourable conditions for the supply of humanitarian aid and emergency services to the civilian population;
Traditional/religious leaders

No specific mention.

Public administration
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A mixed Technical Peace and Security Commission, jointly chaired by the Government and the International Facilitators for this engagement, shall be legally authorised by the Government to examine and finalise the following questions:
...
• Re-establishment of State Authority (Police, Administration, Justice);
Constitution

No specific mention.


Power sharing

Political power sharing

No specific mention.

Territorial power sharing

No specific mention.

Economic power sharing

No specific mention.

Military power sharing
Power sharing→Military power sharing→Merger of forces
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A mixed Technical Peace and Security Commission, jointly chaired by the Government and the International Facilitators for this engagement, shall be legally authorised by the Government to examine and finalise the following questions:
...
• Specification of the itinerary for the redeployment of armed groups to the transit centres (first movement) and to the mixing and demobilisation centres (second movement), followed where necessary by training and instruction;
• Specification of the procedures for mixing taking into account the presence of foreign armed groups referred to in the Joint Nairobi Communique of November 9, 2007
...
• Integration in the regular Armed Forces;
...
• Respect for DDR activities, leading either to mixing for purposes of integration in the FARDC, or to demobilisation and reinsertion to prepare for a definitive return to civilian life, an essential stage in the peace and security process in the province of North Kivu;
...
Power sharing→Military power sharing→Proportionality
In order to do this the following two Sub-Commissions of this Commission shall be created:
a) A Mixed Military Sub-Commission, responsible for:
• disengagement;
• mixing;
• demobilisation;
• social reinsertion;

Page 4, ARTICLE IV: POLITICAL AND JUDICIAL GUARANTEE MEASURES:
The DRC Government, enacting this engagement and at the request of the CNDP, the PARECO/N-K, the Mai-Mai Kasindien, the Mai-Mai Kifuafua, the Mai-Mai Vurondo, the Mai-Mai Mongol, the UJPS, the Mai-Mai Rwenzori, and the Simba; undertakes, in accordance with the relevant recommendation of the Conference on Peace, Security and Development of the Provinces of North and South Kivu:
...
2. To create a Technical Commission by Order of the President of the Republic, in particular to finalise the disengagement plan, and questions of rank, integration and management of demobilised personnel;

Human rights and equality

Human rights/RoL general
Page 1, Untitled Preamble:
...
2. Reiterating our support for the principles proclaimed and guaranteed by the Constitution and the laws of the Democratic Republic of Congo;
...
4. Determined to participate in restoring peace, security and the authority of the State throughout the Province of North Kivu;

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A mixed Technical Peace and Security Commission, jointly chaired by the Government and the International Facilitators for this engagement, shall be legally authorised by the Government to examine and finalise the following questions:
...
• Re-establishment of State Authority (Police, Administration, Justice);

Page 4: ARTICLE III: ON HUMANITARIAN PRINCIPLES AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS:
Strict observation of the regulations of international humanitarian law and human rights, in particular:
• Cessation of acts of violence, abuse, discrimination and exclusion, of any kind, against the civilian population, particularly women and children, elderly and disabled persons;
• Release of persons detained or taken hostage on the grounds of views expressed or belonging to insurrectionary movements;
• Return of property to its owners, whether physical or moral persons;
• Return of refugees to their countries under the supervision of the tripartite HCR, the DRC Government and the country of asylum (Burundi, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania) according to the timetable adopted by the Humanitarian and Social Technical Commission;
• Establishment of a commission responsible for supervising internal displaced persons and reinstalling them in their places of origin in collaboration with the United Nations and other humanitarian organisations;
• Creating favourable conditions for the supply of humanitarian aid and emergency services to the civilian population;
• A ban on any recruitment, and specific promotion of the rights of children in conflict (or post-conflict) zones;
• Free movement of goods and persons and the lifting of illegal road barriers.
Bill of rights/similar

No specific mention.

Treaty incorporation
Page 4: ARTICLE III: ON HUMANITARIAN PRINCIPLES AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS:
Strict observation of the regulations of international humanitarian law and human rights, in particular:
• Cessation of acts of violence, abuse, discrimination and exclusion, of any kind, against the civilian population, particularly women and children, elderly and disabled persons;
• Release of persons detained or taken hostage on the grounds of views expressed or belonging to insurrectionary movements;
• Return of property to its owners, whether physical or moral persons;
• Return of refugees to their countries under the supervision of the tripartite HCR, the DRC Government and the country of asylum (Burundi, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania) according to the timetable adopted by the Humanitarian and Social Technical Commission;
• Establishment of a commission responsible for supervising internal displaced persons and reinstalling them in their places of origin in collaboration with the United Nations and other humanitarian organisations;
• Creating favourable conditions for the supply of humanitarian aid and emergency services to the civilian population;
• A ban on any recruitment, and specific promotion of the rights of children in conflict (or post-conflict) zones;
• Free movement of goods and persons and the lifting of illegal road barriers.
Civil and political rights
Human rights and equality→Civil and political rights→Freedom of movement
Page 4: ARTICLE III: ON HUMANITARIAN PRINCIPLES AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS:
Strict observation of the regulations of international humanitarian law and human rights, in particular:
...
• Free movement of goods and persons and the lifting of illegal road barriers.
Socio-economic rights

No specific mention.


Rights related issues

Citizenship

No specific mention.

Democracy

No specific mention.

Detention procedures

No specific mention.

Media and communication

No specific mention.

Mobility/access
Page 4: ARTICLE III: ON HUMANITARIAN PRINCIPLES AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS:
Strict observation of the regulations of international humanitarian law and human rights, in particular:
...
• Free movement of goods and persons and the lifting of illegal road barriers.
Protection measures

No specific mention.

Other

No specific mention.


Rights institutions

NHRI

No specific mention.

Regional or international human rights institutions

No specific mention.


Justice sector reform

Criminal justice and emergency law

No specific mention.

State of emergency provisions

No specific mention.

Judiciary and courts
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A mixed Technical Peace and Security Commission, jointly chaired by the Government and the International Facilitators for this engagement, shall be legally authorised by the Government to examine and finalise the following questions:
...
• Re-establishment of State Authority (Police, Administration, Justice);
Prisons and detention

No specific mention.

Traditional Laws

No specific mention.


Socio-economic reconstruction

Development or socio-economic reconstruction
Socio-economic reconstruction→Development or socio-economic reconstruction→Socio-economic development
Page 1, Untitled Preamble:
...
3. Emphasising the need to rapidly restore definitive and sustainable peace and security to facilitate the integrated development of North Kivu and South Kivu;
...
6. Declaring our commitment to respect the relevant Resolution of the Conference on Peace, Security and Development of the Provinces of North and South Kivu, the relevant Resolution on peace and the end of the war, for the sustainable development of the province, as well as all other resolutions and recommendations adopted at Goma by the above- mentioned Conference;
Socio-economic reconstruction→Development or socio-economic reconstruction→Humanitarian assistance
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In order to do this the following two Sub-Commissions of this Commission shall be created:
...
b) A Humanitarian and Social Sub-Commission responsible for:
• questions regarding internally displaced persons;
• questions relating to refugees.

Page 4: ARTICLE III: ON HUMANITARIAN PRINCIPLES AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS:
Strict observation of the regulations of international humanitarian law and human rights, in particular:
...
• Return of refugees to their countries under the supervision of the tripartite HCR, the DRC Government and the country of asylum (Burundi, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania) according to the timetable adopted by the Humanitarian and Social Technical Commission;
...
• Creating favourable conditions for the supply of humanitarian aid and emergency services to the civilian population;
National economic plan

No specific mention.

Natural resources

No specific mention.

International funds

No specific mention.

Business

No specific mention.

Taxation

No specific mention.

Banks

No specific mention.


Land, property and environment

Land reform/rights
Land, property and environment→Land reform/rights→Property return and restitution
Page 4: ARTICLE III: ON HUMANITARIAN PRINCIPLES AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS:
Strict observation of the regulations of international humanitarian law and human rights, in particular:
...
• Return of property to its owners, whether physical or moral persons;
Pastoralist/nomadism rights

No specific mention.

Cultural heritage

No specific mention.

Environment

No specific mention.

Water or riparian rights or access

No specific mention.


Security sector

Security Guarantees
Page 1, Untitled Preamble:
...
3. Emphasising the need to rapidly restore definitive and sustainable peace and security to facilitate the integrated development of North Kivu and South Kivu;
4. Determined to participate in restoring peace, security and the authority of the State throughout the Province of North Kivu;
5. Deeply deploring the insecurity which has prevailed in the Province of North Kivu for so long; causing large scale displacements of the population and terrible suffering amongst civilians and extensive violations of human rights;
Ceasefire
Security sector→Ceasefire→Ceasefire provision
Page 2, ARTICLE I: ON THE CEASEFIRE:
1. To the immediate and complete cessation of:
• Hostilities throughout the Province of North Kivu;
• All acts of violence;
• All military movements and reinforcements;
• And of any new recruitment.
Upon signature of the present act of engagement, a formal order to cease hostilities shall be given in writing to our respective troops in copy to the United Nations, the SADC and the CEEAC.
2. To abstain from any activities which may damage peace and security, including:
• Any attacks and acts of provocation and sabotage;
• Any proposals or declarations which may lead to renewed hostilities;
• Any attempt to occupy new positions on the ground or to move forces and equipment from one place to another;
• The supply of arms, ammunition and other military equipment;
• Any action which may hinder the peace and security process in North Kivu.

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...
• Request to deploy MONUC observers to monitor the ceasefire;

Page 4: ARTICLE III: ON HUMANITARIAN PRINCIPLES AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS:
Strict observation of the regulations of international humanitarian law and human rights, in particular:
• Cessation of acts of violence, abuse, discrimination and exclusion, of any kind, against the civilian population, particularly women and children, elderly and disabled persons;

Page 4, ARTICLE IV: POLITICAL AND JUDICIAL GUARANTEE MEASURES:
The DRC Government, enacting this engagement and at the request of the CNDP, the PARECO/N-K, the Mai-Mai Kasindien, the Mai-Mai Kifuafua, the Mai-Mai Vurondo, the Mai-Mai Mongol, the UJPS, the Mai-Mai Rwenzori, and the Simba; undertakes, in accordance with the relevant recommendation of the Conference on Peace, Security and Development of the Provinces of North and South Kivu:
...
3. To announce and respect the ceasefire, as stipulated in article I;
Police
Page 2-3, ARTICLE II: On the disengagement of CNDP, PARECO/N-K, Mai-Mai Kasindien, Mai-Mai Kifuafua, Mai-Mai Vurondo, Mai-Mai Mongol, UJPS, Mai-Mai Rwenzori, and Simba troops, and the creation of demilitarised zones for FARDC, on mixing, on integration, and on the PNDDR.
A mixed Technical Peace and Security Commission, jointly chaired by the Government and the International Facilitators for this engagement, shall be legally authorised by the Government to examine and finalise the following questions:
...
• Re-establishment of State Authority (Police, Administration, Justice);
Armed forces
Page 2, ARTICLE I: ON THE CEASEFIRE:
1. To the immediate and complete cessation of:
...
• All military movements and reinforcements;
• And of any new recruitment.

Page 2-3, ARTICLE II: On the disengagement of CNDP, PARECO/N-K, Mai-Mai Kasindien, Mai-Mai Kifuafua, Mai-Mai Vurondo, Mai-Mai Mongol, UJPS, Mai-Mai Rwenzori, and Simba troops, and the creation of demilitarised zones for FARDC, on mixing, on integration, and on the PNDDR.
A mixed Technical Peace and Security Commission, jointly chaired by the Government and the International Facilitators for this engagement, shall be legally authorised by the Government to examine and finalise the following questions:
• The formal order to troops to cease hostilities across all military terrain;
...
• Integration in the regular Armed Forces;
...
• Respect for DDR activities, leading either to mixing for purposes of integration in the FARDC, or to demobilisation and reinsertion to prepare for a definitive return to civilian life, an essential stage in the peace and security process in the province of North Kivu;
• The unconditional participation of the CNDP, the PARECO/N-K, the Mai-Mai Kasindien, the Mai-Mai Kifuafua, the Mai-Mai Vurondo, the Mai-Mai Mongol, the UJPS, the Mai-Mai Rwenzori, and the Simba, in accordance with national legislation, in implementing the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo, FARDC) integration plan, and in the National Programme of Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reinsertion (Programme Nationale de Désarmament, Démobilisation et Réinsertion, PNDDR);
...
In order to do this the following two Sub-Commissions of this Commission shall be created:
a) A Mixed Military Sub-Commission, responsible for:
• disengagement;
• mixing;
• demobilisation;
• social reinsertion;

Page 4: ARTICLE III: ON HUMANITARIAN PRINCIPLES AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS:
Strict observation of the regulations of international humanitarian law and human rights, in particular:
• Cessation of acts of violence, abuse, discrimination and exclusion, of any kind, against the civilian population, particularly women and children, elderly and disabled persons;
...
• A ban on any recruitment, and specific promotion of the rights of children in conflict (or post-conflict) zones;

Page 4-5, ARTICLE IV: POLITICAL AND JUDICIAL GUARANTEE MEASURES:
The DRC Government, enacting this engagement and at the request of the CNDP, the PARECO/N-K, the Mai-Mai Kasindien, the Mai-Mai Kifuafua, the Mai-Mai Vurondo, the Mai-Mai Mongol, the UJPS, the Mai-Mai Rwenzori, and the Simba; undertakes, in accordance with the relevant recommendation of the Conference on Peace, Security and Development of the Provinces of North and South Kivu:
...
2. To create a Technical Commission by Order of the President of the Republic, in particular to finalise the disengagement plan, and questions of rank, integration and management of demobilised personnel;
...
5. To refrain from any military or logistical support to national and foreign armed groups or to enlist any kind of support from the regular army;
DDR
Security sector→DDR→DDR programmes
Page 2-3, ARTICLE II: On the disengagement of CNDP, PARECO/N-K, Mai-Mai Kasindien, Mai-Mai Kifuafua, Mai-Mai Vurondo, Mai-Mai Mongol, UJPS, Mai-Mai Rwenzori, and Simba troops, and the creation of demilitarised zones for FARDC, on mixing, on integration, and on the PNDDR.
A mixed Technical Peace and Security Commission, jointly chaired by the Government and the International Facilitators for this engagement, shall be legally authorised by the Government to examine and finalise the following questions:
• The formal order to troops to cease hostilities across all military terrain;
...
• Integration in the regular Armed Forces;
...
• Respect for DDR activities, leading either to mixing for purposes of integration in the FARDC, or to demobilisation and reinsertion to prepare for a definitive return to civilian life, an essential stage in the peace and security process in the province of North Kivu;
• The unconditional participation of the CNDP, the PARECO/N-K, the Mai-Mai Kasindien, the Mai-Mai Kifuafua, the Mai-Mai Vurondo, the Mai-Mai Mongol, the UJPS, the Mai-Mai Rwenzori, and the Simba, in accordance with national legislation, in implementing the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo, FARDC) integration plan, and in the National Programme of Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reinsertion (Programme Nationale de Désarmament, Démobilisation et Réinsertion, PNDDR);
• Communication of lists of personnel and of arms, and of their locations, upon signature of the present Act, in accordance with the timetable established by the ad hoc Committee, with the assistance of the International Community.In order to do this the following two Sub-Commissions of this Commission shall be created:
a) A Mixed Military Sub-Commission, responsible for:
• disengagement;
• mixing;
• demobilisation;
• social reinsertion;

Page 4-5, ARTICLE IV: POLITICAL AND JUDICIAL GUARANTEE MEASURES:
The DRC Government, enacting this engagement and at the request of the CNDP, the PARECO/N-K, the Mai-Mai Kasindien, the Mai-Mai Kifuafua, the Mai-Mai Vurondo, the Mai-Mai Mongol, the UJPS, the Mai-Mai Rwenzori, and the Simba; undertakes, in accordance with the relevant recommendation of the Conference on Peace, Security and Development of the Provinces of North and South Kivu:
...
2. To create a Technical Commission by Order of the President of the Republic, in particular to finalise the disengagement plan, and questions of rank, integration and management of demobilised personnel;
...
4. To create a demilitarised zone to enable, in particular, the deployment of MONUC observers and the safety and return of displaced persons;

Page 5, ARTICLE IV: POLITICAL AND JUDICIAL GUARANTEE MEASURES:
The DRC Government, enacting this engagement and at the request of the CNDP, the PARECO/N-K, the Mai-Mai Kasindien, the Mai-Mai Kifuafua, the Mai-Mai Vurondo, the Mai-Mai Mongol, the UJPS, the Mai-Mai Rwenzori, and the Simba; undertakes, in accordance with the relevant recommendation of the Conference on Peace, Security and Development of the Provinces of North and South Kivu:
...
4. To create a demilitarised zone to enable, in particular, the deployment of MONUC observers and the safety and return of displaced persons;
Intelligence services

No specific mention.

Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces
Page 2, ARTICLE I: ON THE CEASEFIRE:
1. To the immediate and complete cessation of:
...
• All military movements and reinforcements;
• And of any new recruitment.

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A mixed Technical Peace and Security Commission, jointly chaired by the Government and the International Facilitators for this engagement, shall be legally authorised by the Government to examine and finalise the following questions:
• The formal order to troops to cease hostilities across all military terrain;
• Geographic location of armed groups (exact map positions);
• Determination of disengagement and buffer zones;
• Request to deploy MONUC observers to monitor the ceasefire;
• Implementing the plan resulting from the Joint Nairobi Communique on the disarmament and repatriation of armed foreign groups;
• Specification of the itinerary for the redeployment of armed groups to the transit centres (first movement) and to the mixing and demobilisation centres (second movement), followed where necessary by training and instruction;
• Specification of the procedures for mixing taking into account the presence of foreign armed groups referred to in the Joint Nairobi Communique of November 9, 2007
• Request to deploy the MONUC in all terrain occupied by the CNDP, the PARECO/N-K, the Mai-Mai Kasindien, the Mai-Mai Kifuafua, the Mai-Mai Vurondo, the Mai-Mai Mongol, the UJPS, the Mai-Mai Rwenzori, and the Simba;
• Re-establishment of State Authority (Police, Administration, Justice);
• Integration in the regular Armed Forces;
• Demobilisation and social reinsertion;
• Respect for DDR activities, leading either to mixing for purposes of integration in the FARDC, or to demobilisation and reinsertion to prepare for a definitive return to civilian life, an essential stage in the peace and security process in the province of North Kivu;
• The unconditional participation of the CNDP, the PARECO/N-K, the Mai-Mai Kasindien, the Mai-Mai Kifuafua, the Mai-Mai Vurondo, the Mai-Mai Mongol, the UJPS, the Mai-Mai Rwenzori, and the Simba, in accordance with national legislation, in implementing the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo, FARDC) integration plan, and in the National Programme of Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reinsertion (Programme Nationale de Désarmament, Démobilisation et Réinsertion, PNDDR);
• Communication of lists of personnel and of arms, and of their locations, upon signature of the present Act, in accordance with the timetable established by the ad hoc Committee, with the assistance of the International Community.
In order to do this the following two Sub-Commissions of this Commission shall be created:
a) A Mixed Military Sub-Commission, responsible for:
• disengagement;
• mixing;
• demobilisation;
• social reinsertion;

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Strict observation of the regulations of international humanitarian law and human rights, in particular:
• Cessation of acts of violence, abuse, discrimination and exclusion, of any kind, against the civilian population, particularly women and children, elderly and disabled persons;
• Release of persons detained or taken hostage on the grounds of views expressed or belonging to insurrectionary movements;
...
• A ban on any recruitment, and specific promotion of the rights of children in conflict (or post-conflict) zones;

Page 4-5, ARTICLE IV: POLITICAL AND JUDICIAL GUARANTEE MEASURES:
The DRC Government, enacting this engagement and at the request of the CNDP, the PARECO/N-K, the Mai-Mai Kasindien, the Mai-Mai Kifuafua, the Mai-Mai Vurondo, the Mai-Mai Mongol, the UJPS, the Mai-Mai Rwenzori, and the Simba; undertakes, in accordance with the relevant recommendation of the Conference on Peace, Security and Development of the Provinces of North and South Kivu:
1. To present to Parliament an Amnesty Law project for acts of war and insurrection, covering the period from June 2003 to the date of promulgation of the Law, and not including crimes of war, crimes against humanity and genocide;
2. To create a Technical Commission by Order of the President of the Republic, in particular to finalise the disengagement plan, and questions of rank, integration and management of demobilised personnel;
...
5. To refrain from any military or logistical support to national and foreign armed groups or to enlist any kind of support from the regular army;
Withdrawal of foreign forces
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...
• Implementing the plan resulting from the Joint Nairobi Communique on the disarmament and repatriation of armed foreign groups;
Corruption
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Strict observation of the regulations of international humanitarian law and human rights, in particular:
...
• Free movement of goods and persons and the lifting of illegal road barriers.
Crime/organised crime

No specific mention.

Drugs

No specific mention.

Terrorism

No specific mention.


Transitional justice

Transitional justice general

No specific mention.

Amnesty/pardon
Transitional justice→Amnesty/pardon→Amnesty/pardon proper
Page 4, ARTICLE IV: POLITICAL AND JUDICIAL GUARANTEE MEASURES:
The DRC Government, enacting this engagement and at the request of the CNDP, the PARECO/N-K, the Mai-Mai Kasindien, the Mai-Mai Kifuafua, the Mai-Mai Vurondo, the Mai-Mai Mongol, the UJPS, the Mai-Mai Rwenzori, and the Simba; undertakes, in accordance with the relevant recommendation of the Conference on Peace, Security and Development of the Provinces of North and South Kivu:
1. To present to Parliament an Amnesty Law project for acts of war and insurrection, covering the period from June 2003 to the date of promulgation of the Law, and not including crimes of war, crimes against humanity and genocide;
Courts

No specific mention.

Mechanism

No specific mention.

Prisoner release
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Strict observation of the regulations of international humanitarian law and human rights, in particular:
...
• Release of persons detained or taken hostage on the grounds of views expressed or belonging to insurrectionary movements;
Vetting

No specific mention.

Victims

No specific mention.

Missing persons

No specific mention.

Reparations
Transitional justice→Reparations→Material reparations
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Strict observation of the regulations of international humanitarian law and human rights, in particular:
...
• Return of property to its owners, whether physical or moral persons;
Reconciliation

No specific mention.


Implementation

UN signatory
LES FACILITATEURS INTERNATIONAUX:
Pour les NATIONS-UNIES, Mr Alan Doss
Other international signatory
LES FACILITATEURS INTERNATIONAUX:
Pour l'UNION EUROPEENNE, Mr Roeland van de Geer
Pour les ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE, Mr Tim Shortley
Pour l'UNION AFRICAINE, Mr Pierre Yere
Pour la CONFERENCE INTERNATIONALE SUR LA REGION DES GRANDS LACS, Mme Liberata Mulamula
Referendum for agreement

No specific mention.

International mission/force/similar
Page 2, ARTICLE I: ON THE CEASEFIRE:
1. To the immediate and complete cessation of:
• Hostilities throughout the Province of North Kivu;
• All acts of violence;
• All military movements and reinforcements;
• And of any new recruitment.
Upon signature of the present act of engagement, a formal order to cease hostilities shall be given in writing to our respective troops in copy to the United Nations, the SADC and the CEEAC.

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...
• Request to deploy MONUC observers to monitor the ceasefire;
...
• Request to deploy the MONUC in all terrain occupied by the CNDP, the PARECO/N-K, the Mai-Mai Kasindien, the Mai-Mai Kifuafua, the Mai-Mai Vurondo, the Mai-Mai Mongol, the UJPS, the Mai-Mai Rwenzori, and the Simba;
...
• Communication of lists of personnel and of arms, and of their locations, upon signature of the present Act, in accordance with the timetable established by the ad hoc Committee, with the assistance of the International Community.

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Strict observation of the regulations of international humanitarian law and human rights, in particular:
...
• Establishment of a commission responsible for supervising internal displaced persons and reinstalling them in their places of origin in collaboration with the United Nations and other humanitarian organisations;

Page 5, ARTICLE IV: POLITICAL AND JUDICIAL GUARANTEE MEASURES:
The DRC Government, enacting this engagement and at the request of the CNDP, the PARECO/N-K, the Mai-Mai Kasindien, the Mai-Mai Kifuafua, the Mai-Mai Vurondo, the Mai-Mai Mongol, the UJPS, the Mai-Mai Rwenzori, and the Simba; undertakes, in accordance with the relevant recommendation of the Conference on Peace, Security and Development of the Provinces of North and South Kivu:
...
4. To create a demilitarised zone to enable, in particular, the deployment of MONUC observers and the safety and return of displaced persons;
Enforcement mechanism

No specific mention.

Related cases

No specific mention.

Source
http://peacemaker.un.org/

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

ACT OF ENGAGEMENT

We,

CNDP, Politico-Military Movement,

PARECO/FAP,

MAI-MAI KASINDIEN,

MAI-MAI KIFUAFUA,

MAI-MAI VURONDO,

MAI-MAI MONGOL,

UJPS,

MAI-MAI RWENZORI,

and SIMBA,

with the solemn commitment of representatives of the International Community, facilitators of the present engagement – the United Nations, the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, the United States of America, the African Union, the European Union and the Government, with particular regard to Article 4 -,

1. Seizing this historic opportunity;

2. Reiterating our support for the principles proclaimed and guaranteed by the Constitution and the laws of the Democratic Republic of Congo;

3. Emphasising the need to rapidly restore definitive and sustainable peace and security to facilitate the integrated development of North Kivu and South Kivu;

4. Determined to participate in restoring peace, security and the authority of the State throughout the Province of North Kivu;

5. Deeply deploring the insecurity which has prevailed in the Province of North Kivu for so long;

causing large scale population movements and terrible suffering amongst civilians and extensive violations of human rights;

6. Declaring our commitment to respect the relevant Resolution of the Conference on Peace, Security and Development of the Provinces of North and South Kivu, the relevant Resolution on peace and the end of the war, for the sustainable development of the province, as well as all other resolutions and recommendations adopted at Goma by the above- mentioned Conference;

7. Considering the urgent need to implement the above-mentioned Conference Resolutions.

Commit to the following:

ARTICLE I:

ON THE CEASEFIRE

1. To the immediate and complete cessation of:

Hostilities throughout the Province of North Kivu;

All acts of violence;

All military movements and reinforcements;

And of any new recruitment.

Upon signature of the present act of engagement, a formal order to cease hostilities shall be given in writing to our respective troops in copy to the United Nations, the SADC and the CEEAC.

2. To abstain from any activities which may damage peace and security, including:

Any attacks and acts of provocation and sabotage;

Any proposals or declarations which may lead to renewed hostilities;

Any attempt to occupy new positions on the ground or to move forces and equipment from one place to another;

The supply of arms, ammunition and other military equipment;

Any action which may hinder the peace and security process in North Kivu.

ARTICLE II:

On the disengagement of CNDP, PARECO/N-K, Mai-Mai Kasindien, Mai-Mai Kifuafua, Mai-Mai Vurondo, Mai-Mai Mongol, UJPS, Mai-Mai Rwenzori, and Simba troops, and the creation of demilitarised zones for FARDC, on mixing, on integration, and on the PNDDR.

A mixed Technical Peace and Security Commission, jointly chaired by the Government and the International Facilitators for this engagement, shall be legally authorised by the Government to examine and finalise the following questions:

The formal order to troops to cease hostilities across all military terrain;

Geographic location of armed groups (exact map positions);

Determination of disengagement and buffer zones;

Request to deploy MONUC observers to monitor the ceasefire;

Implementing the plan resulting from the Joint Nairobi Communique on the disarmament and repatriation of armed foreign groups;

Specification of the itinerary for the redeployment of armed groups to the transit centres (first movement) and to the mixing and demobilisation centres (second movement), followed where necessary by training and instruction;

Specification of the procedures for mixing taking into account the presence of foreign armed groups referred to in the Joint Nairobi Communique of November 9, 2007

Request to deploy the MONUC in all terrain occupied by the CNDP, the PARECO/N-K, the Mai-Mai Kasindien, the Mai-Mai Kifuafua, the Mai-Mai Vurondo, the Mai-Mai Mongol, the UJPS, the Mai-Mai Rwenzori, and the Simba;

Re-establishment of State Authority (Police, Administration, Justice);

Integration in the regular Armed Forces;

Demobilisation and social reinsertion;

Respect for DDR activities, leading either to mixing for purposes of integration in the FARDC, or to demobilisation and reinsertion to prepare for a definitive return to civilian life, an essential stage in the peace and security process in the province of North Kivu;

The unconditional participation of the CNDP, the PARECO/N-K, the Mai-Mai Kasindien, the Mai-Mai Kifuafua, the Mai-Mai Vurondo, the Mai-Mai Mongol, the UJPS, the Mai-Mai Rwenzori, and the Simba, in accordance with national legislation, in implementing the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo, FARDC) integration plan, and in the National Programme of Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reinsertion (Programme Nationale de Désarmament, Démobilisation et Réinsertion, PNDDR);

Communication of lists of personnel and of arms, and of their locations, upon signature of the present Act, in accordance with the timetable established by the ad hoc Committee, with the assistance of the International Community.

In order to do this the following two Sub-Commissions of this Commission shall be created:

a) A Mixed Military Sub-Commission, responsible for:

disengagement;

mixing;

demobilisation;

social reinsertion;

b) A Humanitarian and Social Sub-Commission responsible for:

questions regarding internally displaced persons;

questions relating to refugees.

ARTICLE III:

ON HUMANITARIAN PRINCIPLES AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

Strict observation of the regulations of international humanitarian law and human rights, in particular:

Cessation of acts of violence, abuse, discrimination and exclusion, of any kind, against the civilian population, particularly women and children, elderly and disabled persons;

Release of persons detained or taken hostage on the grounds of views expressed or belonging to insurrectionary movements;

Return of property to its owners, whether physical or moral persons;

Return of refugees to their countries under the supervision of the tripartite HCR, the DRC Government and the country of asylum (Burundi, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania) according to the timetable adopted by the Humanitarian and Social Technical Commission;

Establishment of a commission responsible for supervising internal displaced persons and reinstalling them in their places of origin in collaboration with the United Nations and other humanitarian organisations;

Creating favourable conditions for the supply of humanitarian aid and emergency services to the civilian population;

A ban on any recruitment, and specific promotion of the rights of children in conflict (or post-conflict) zones;

Free movement of goods and persons and the lifting of illegal road barriers.

ARTICLE IV:

POLITICAL AND JUDICIAL GUARANTEE MEASURES

The DRC Government, enacting this engagement and at the request of the CNDP, the PARECO/N-K, the Mai-Mai Kasindien, the Mai-Mai Kifuafua, the Mai-Mai Vurondo, the Mai-Mai Mongol, the UJPS, the Mai-Mai Rwenzori, and the Simba;

undertakes, in accordance with the relevant recommendation of the Conference on Peace, Security and Development of the Provinces of North and South Kivu:

1. To present to Parliament an Amnesty Law project for acts of war and insurrection, covering the period from June 2003 to the date of promulgation of the Law, and not including crimes of war, crimes against humanity and genocide;

2. To create a Technical Commission by Order of the President of the Republic, in particular to finalise the disengagement plan, and questions of rank, integration and management of demobilised personnel;

3. To announce and respect the ceasefire, as stipulated in article I;

4. To create a demilitarised zone to enable, in particular, the deployment of MONUC observers and the safety and return of displaced persons;

5. To refrain from any military or logistical support to national and foreign armed groups or to enlist any kind of support from the regular army;

6. The signatories of the present act of engagement confirm that the international facilitators are both observers and guarantors of their good faith, particularly by means of the Technical Commission foreseen in Article 2.

Done at Goma, in as many copies as there are parties, on XXX

Pour:

1. Le Congrès National pour Défense du Peuple, CNDP:

Mr Kambasu Ngeve

2. Les PARECO/FAP, Mme Sophie Bwiza B.;

Mr Mathe Sikuli;

Mr Sendugu Museveni

3. Les Mai-Mai Kasindien, Mr Vita Kitambala

4. Les Mai-Mai kifuafua, Axe Walikale;

Mr Bikoy Mukongo;

Axe Ufamandu/Masisi;

Mr Didier Bitaki Weteshe

5. Les Mai-Mai Vurondo, Mr Kambilibaya Sindani

6. Les Mai-Mai Mongol, Mr F. Miganda Garaga;

Mr D. Habyara Shobora

7. L'UJPS, Mr Tumaini Byamungu E.

8. Les Mai-Mai Rwenzori, Mr Kasereka Matabishi

9. Le Simba, Mr Hodaf Mungo Kalinda;

Mr Kakuru Kika, D.

Pour le Gouvernement:

Ministre d'Etat chargé de l'Interieur, Décentralisation et Sécurité:

S.E. Denis Kalume Numbi

Pour La Conference

1. Le Président de la Conférence:

Mr l'Abbé Apollinaire Malumalu

2. Le Président du Comité des Sages:

Honorable Vital Kamerhe

3. Le Coordinateur Adjoint du Panel des Modérateurs:

Mr Azarias Ruberwa Manyua

4. Délégation du Nord-Kivu:

Le Gouverneur, Mr Julien Paluku Kahongya;

Le Vice-Président de L'Assemblée Provinciale, Honorable Mukinti Baumbilia

5. Délégation du Sud-Kivu:

Le Gouverneur a.i, Mr Watunakanza, B. Bernard;

Le Président de L'Assemblée Provinciale, Honorable Baleke Kadudu, Emille.

LES FACILITATEURS INTERNATIONAUX:

Pour les NATIONS-UNIES, Mr Alan Doss

Pour l'UNION EUROPEENNE, Mr Roeland van de Geer

Pour les ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE, Mr Tim Shortley

Pour l'UNION AFRICAINE, Mr Pierre Yere

Pour la CONFERENCE INTERNATIONALE SUR LA REGION DES GRANDS LACS, Mme Liberata Mulamula

LES TEMOINS NATIONAUX

POUR LES CHEFS COUTUMIERS

SUD-KIVU, MWAMI KABARE RUGEMANINZI II NABUSHI

NORD-KIVU, MWAMI ALEXANDRE MUHINDO MUKOSASENGE

POUR LA SOCIETE CIVILE

DÉLÉGATION NATIONALE:

MR KIBISWA KWABENE NAUPESS

SUD-KIVU:

MR BIRHINGINGWA MUGABO CYPRIEN

NORD-KIVU:

MR JASON LUNENO MAENE

POUR LE SECTEUR PRIVE

FEC SUD-KIVU:

MR MUDEKEREZA NAMEGABE

FEC NORD-KIVU:

MR DESIRE SEGAHUNGU

POUR LES CONFESSIONS RELIGIEUSES

EGLISE CATHOLIQUE:

+THEOPHILE KABOY

EGLISE DU CHRIST AU CONGO:

EV.

SONGOU NATHALIS

EGLISE ORTHODOXE:

PR.

FUMUNZANZA GIMUANGA

EGLISE KIMBANGUISTE:

REV.

SAKUAMESO RAPHAEL

EGLISE DU REVEIL:

EV.

NTAMBWE MUMPEMPE

COMMUNAUTE ISLAMIQUE:

IMAM RACHIDI MOUSSA

EGLISE INDEPENDANTE DU CONGO:

S.E SIMON NZINGA M

ARMEE DU SALUT:

MAJOR GRACIA MATONDO