[JusticeInfo.net] Is there a role for international law in what's happening in North Kivu, and more generally in international peace, at a time when Rwanda seems to have drawn the conclusion of a global context marked by major powers openly considering the expansion of their own territories? For the author, while violence in the North Kivu can be understood as part of a state-funded gold rush, the principle of non-recognition is the norm that can do the most to protect peace.