1 - PUTTING THE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS AT THE HEART OF MILITARY INTERVENTIONS:

This includes the respect and of POC is to ensure the security of non-military implementation of the framework in the absence people and their property against all forms of of an approved G5 Sahel POC policy and threats, particularly during military operations and strategy, training and awareness raising, and the composition of the operation planning team. [...] The role of the LEGAD is to UN entities are expected to take within the scope notify military commanders of the fair application of of their mandates, to ensure that the support they the Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I provide to non-UN security forces is consistent with and guide them on how to teach the rules set out in the purposes and principles of the organization these instrumen. [...] However, the to communication, operational planning and the battalion commander at the time met the villagers, environment poses a risk of political exploitation particularly the victim’s family, to discuss the of any incident involving the Force70 by AOGs, and incident with them, apologize, and appease the contributes to weakening relations between the situation. [...] 86 livelihoods These challenges show the complexity of the situation and operating environment of the Joint Force and national armies of the Sahel in general, In the context of the Central as well as the need to mitigate civilian harm to protect them more efficiently. [...] Judicialization is based on the mechanisms of checks and balances between the powers to maintain State equilibrium and it is characterized by the positioning of the judicial above legislative and administrative spheres in order to control the action of the Legislature and protect the society against abuse of the Executive (Tate and Vallinder, 1995).