Enrica Picco

Lawyer and researcher on conflict, justice and peacebuilding

About me

I am the Central Africa Director at the International Crisis Group, where I help prevent and mitigate conflict in the region by overseeing field research in Cameroon, the Central African Republic and Chad.

As an international lawyer and researcher, I bring nearly twenty years of field experience to my work, combining management positions with research and teaching.

I started my career with Médecins Sans Frontières, where I conducted conflict analyses and developed advocacy strategies in several sub-Saharan countries. More recently, as an independent consultant, I have worked with a wide range of institutions such as the United Nations (including as a member of the UN Panel of Experts on the Central African Republic), the European Union and international NGOs.

My research focuses on conflict dynamics, peacebuilding and justice issues. I have also contributed to the book Making Sense of the Central African Republic and lectured on refugee law and transitional justice.

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Injustice anywhere
is a threat to justice
everywhere.

Martin Luther King Jr

Publications

Podcast – Afrique 360°

International Crisis Group

Plus que jamais, l’Afrique est au centre de toutes les attentions, que ce soit en raison des rivalités géopolitiques sur le continent, de la recrudescence des coups d’État militaires, ou des conséquences du changement climatique. Une fois par mois, dans Afrique 360°, Enrica Picco et ses invités analysent les événements qui font la une en Afrique, tout en avançant des solutions pour tenter de résoudre les crises.

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RDC: La Deriva que la Oposición a Kabila Tiene que Evitar

Africaye.org

Siguiendo una compleja dinámica en la región, el presidente de la República Democrática del Congo (RDC), Joseph Kabila, está intentando quedarse en el poder más allá de los dos mandatos previstos en la Constitución. Desde hace más de un año, la oposición política,...

CAR: fragile state, fragile response

Humanitarian Practice Network

The Central African Republic (CAR) has finally found a place on the geopolitical map of the region, mainly due to the wave of violence that has engulfed the country since September 2013. However, even before then the country was gripped by a silent and chronic crisis...

CAR: Abandoned to its fate?

Médecins Sans Frontières

Three months after Seleka forces seized power in Central African Republic, the country is in the grip of a humanitarian emergency while the international community looks on with indifference. Central African Republic was plunged into chaos by the coup, and the country...

From Being Forgotten to Being Ignored: International Humanitarian Interventions in the Central African Republic

Making Sense of the Central African Republic

Lying at the centre of a tumultuous region, the Central African Republic and its turbulent history have often been overlooked. Democracy, in any kind of a meaningful sense, has eluded the country. Since the mid-1990s, army mutinies and serial rebellion in CAR have resulted in two major successful coups. Over the course of these upheavals, the country has become a laboratory for peacebuilding initiatives, hosting a two-decade-long succession of UN and regional peacekeeping, peacebuilding and special political missions. Drawing together the foremost experts on the Central African Republic, this much-needed volume provides the first in-depth analysis of the country’s recent history of rebellion, instability, and international and regional intervention.

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