Raped, robbed, and abandoned. But women from the village of Fizi still had the strength to come forward and tell their stories, culminating in the war-crimes conviction of the lead perpetrator.
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A U.S. organization plans to pay HIV-positive women in Kenya to use long-term birth control, claiming it is the only way to prevent transmission to children. Four experts respond.
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Although the war-crimes trial of Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui has received scant attention so far, it represents a major success story for international justice and for victims in the Congo.
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The International Criminal Court tries the most notorious war criminals. But it can only handle a finite number of cases, leaving thousands of crimes unpunished. The Fizi rape trial shows how local courts can fill the void.
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