# A Historical Legal Analysis of Citizenship in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Join foreign law specialist Louis Gilbert for a Foreign and Comparative International Law webinar on the historical legal analysis of citizenship in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

In this presentation, Gilbert will trace the legal construction of Congolese nationality from the colonial period to the present, with particular attention to the North Kivu region, and examine how successive governments have used citizenship law to regulate territory, population and political authority. He will explore how nationality law continues to function as a structural driver of conflict in eastern Congo and how citizenship is not merely a status but a legal instrument with far-reaching security implications.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2026
- Runtime: 51 min
- By: Gilbert, Louis
- Genres: History
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-12054/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/video-12054?play=1)