ABSTRACT
Civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is one of the worst humanitarian crises in the modern era and has caused untold suffering. The proliferation of non-state armed groups, local militias and their splinter groups, which fight over territory, natural resources and influence, features heavily in the DRC conflict. To evaluate the merits of the committee governance thesis, this chapter traces several case episodes detailing how the committee settled upon the sanctions implementation concerning its key task of deciding about which individuals and entities should be subjected to targeted sanctions. It focuses on how the committee solves clashes of interest and look at the impact of rules on committee decision-making. From the perspective of Rwanda as a country directly involved in the civil war in Eastern DRC, The chapter examines how its Council membership in 2013–2014 affected the committee and how Council members preventively regulate committee procedures to overcome anticipated future deadlock.
