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From authenticity to freedom : forenames in the democratic republic of Congo.
Local creativity, far from suffering from atrophy under the influence of «Christian» forenames, is capable of «using» them as original material at the service of «popular inventiveness». These hitherto unheard-of «practices» finally flourished once they had been freed from the imposed constraints. Instead of a spectacular «return» to the old norms, the «post-names» are tending to prevail as the new modes of individual identification.

On May 30, 2012, the Appeals Chamber (Chamber) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) voted unanimously to dismiss the appeal of the Prosecution against the decision of the Pre-Trial Chamber not to confirm the charges against the alleged Congolese warlord Callixte Mbarushimana. The Prosecution had alleged Mbarushimana was criminally responsible under Article 25(3)(d) of the Rome Statute (Statute) for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed by members of the Forces Démocratiques de Libération du Rwanda (FDLR) in the Kivu provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Prosecution had appealed the Pre-Trial Chamber's decision on three separate issues, all of which were rejected.

Loin d'être achevés, les processus de démocratisation initiés à l'aube des années 90 demandent à être approfondis. Cependant, ne convient-il pas d'examiner leurs limites, à quelles attentes ils ont déjà répondu et à quels besoins ils devraient satisfaire ? La réduction de la démocratie, droit universel de tous les peuples, au seul pluripartisme dans les conditions des jeunes États-nations toujours en formation n'est-elle pas la source de bien des difficultés et blocages rencontrés ces cinq dernières années sur le continent ?

The Small Arms Survey 2015 examines the role of weapons and armed violence in humanity's appropriation of the earth's wildlife and mineral riches - in Africa, where the poaching of elephants and rhinos is becoming increasingly militarised, and near resource extraction sites around the world. In addition to presenting updates on the UN small arms process and the top arms importers and exporters, the volume assesses how recent technological developments affect weapons marking, record-keeping, and tracing; reviews small arms flows to Egypt, Libya, and Syria; and evaluates a stockpile management initiative in south-east Europe. The 'armed actors' section sheds light on the arms and ammunition used by insurgents in northern Mali, the decline of the Forces Démocratiques de Libération du Rwanda, and the use of floating armouries by private security companies in the Indian Ocean. This edition also analyses conditions that are driving young people to adopt high-risk coping strategies in Burundi