UN Peacekeeping and Local Rule of Law Initiatives in the Central African Republic

UN Peace Operations and the Role of the Local in (Re)Building the Rule of Law

“…Lenneke Sprik notes the religious conflict creates a perception that justice is less accessible to the Muslim population. 45 To counter the evident dysfunction and to support the ending of impunity, the UN Security Council decided from the mission's deployment, …that MINUSCA may, within the limits of its capacities and areas of deployment, at the formal request of the Transitional Authorities and in areas where national security forces are not present or operational, adopt urgent temporary measures on an exceptional basis and without creating a precedent and without prejudice to the agreed principles of peacekeeping operations, which are limited in scope, time bound and consistent with the objectives set forth in paragraphs 30 (a) and 30 (f) above, to maintain basic law and order and fight impunity and requests the Secretary-General to report to the Security Council any measures that may be adopted on this basis. 46 The urgent temporary measures go further than the normal law enforcement capabilities of peace operations, but it is not entirely clear what crimes MINUSCA may arrest persons for.…”