La diligencia debida como herramienta de prevención del conflicto en la República Democrática del Congo

This paper explores mandatory due diligence schemes in supply chains as conflict prevention tools in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Drawing on reports and fieldwork, it region has been ambiguous. One reason for these mechanisms’ shortcomings is that they address the role minerals play in this conflict from the perspective of “conflict resources” and “resource conflicts”. consideration to the “resource curse” would help address how the militarisation of competition between elites and weak state make minerals factors of In practice, this would mean recognising that international measures against transnational money laundering and illicit flows are vital to tackling the link between conflict.