ABSTRACT
This chapter examines how the EU translates the principles of peace and justice into policy and puts them into practice in the Democratic Republic of Congo, focusing on the role the EU played in the peace negotiations between 2007 and 2009, and accompanying attempts to support rule of law and security system reform. The Lusaka agreement set up the inter-congolese dialogue (ICD), which opened in Sun City, South Africa, in 2002. South Africa led an intensive multilateral mediation effort between the government, the regional actors and their proxy rebel groups resulting in the Global and All-Inclusive Agreement, signed in Pretoria in December. The agreement established a transitional constitution and government to prepare for elections, closely supervised by the international community through the Comite International de l' Accompagnement a la Transition (CIAT). The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) held regular meetings from the start of the rebellion in Kampala, Uganda.
