Regulation 4 Purposes
(1) The regulations contained in this instrument that are made under section 1 of the Act have the following purposes -
(a) compliance with the relevant UN obligations, and
(b) the additional purposes mentioned in paragraph (2).
(2) Those additional purposes are to promote -
(a) resolution of the armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo;
(b) respect for human rights, and compliance with international humanitarian law, including, in particular, in relation to -
(i) the right of persons not to be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including in the context of -
(aa) rape, mass rape and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence;
(bb) deliberate targeting of civilians, schools and hospitals;
(cc) recruitment or use of children as soldiers;
(ii) the right of persons in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the freedom of expression and peaceful assembly;
(c) respect for democracy, the rule of law and good governance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo;
otherwise than by compliance with the relevant UN obligations.