This article examines the historical lineages and colonial logics underpinning humanitarian officials’ misconduct and the justifications for their actions whilst deployed to the UN peacekeeping mission Opération des Nations Unies au Congo or ONUC, (1960-1964). Using analysis of oral testimonies, UN video footage, personal papers, and newspaper articles, it pieces together a fragmentary history of humanitarian officials’ conduct on the ground and draws attention to the colonial continuities in Western humanitarian practice during decolonisation. Focusing on instances of field-based transgression by international officials deployed during Continue reading → Continue reading →