(Geneva Call) – After several meetings with Geneva Call, and dialogue in the Masisi region, the leaders of the Alliance of Patriots for a Free and Sovereign Congo (APCLS) have amended their code of war and code of conduct in order to improve compliance with current humanitarian norms. After several meetings with Geneva Call, and dialogue in the Masisi region, the leaders of the Alliance of Patriots for a Free and Sovereign Congo (APCLS) have amended their code of war and code of conduct in order to improve compliance with current humanitarian norms. Both these documents are intended to guide the actions of the hundreds of fighters who constitute the ACPLS, which is considered to be one of the most active and well structured Mai Mai groups in North Kivu. The main change concerns the age of recruitment for combatants, which has been raised to 18 years old. In recent years, several allegations of child recruitment have been made against the APCLS, so these new rules constitute a positive signal for the protection of children.
