Tens of thousands of Congolese refugees are poised to return to their home country after more than a decade of exile in neighboring Rwanda. They face a cold welcome.
Posts Tagged “Democratic Republic of Congo”
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Posted in: Africa, Rights & Justice
Topics: citizenship, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, International Refugee Rights Initiative, Lucy Hovil, North Kivu, refugee, refugees, Rwanda, statelessness
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Muammar Qaddafi’s recent offer to talk has raised the question of whether the transition to peace is helped or hampered by a public International Criminal Court arrest warrant. Would keeping indictments confidential facilitate justice?
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After some six years of proceedings, the International Criminal Court trial of Thomas Lubanga is entering its final phase. The case has been marked by both milestones and near-disasters for international justice.
Posted in: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America & the Caribbean, Middle East, Rights & Justice, United States
Topics: Alison Cole, child soldiers, complementarity, Democratic Republic of Congo, intermediaries, International Criminal Court, international justice, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, rape, Thomas Lubanga
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As Kinshasa prepares to vote in the second presidential elections since the end of years of war, debate is raging in Brussels on whether the European Union should support much-needed election monitoring.
Posted in: Africa, Europe, Governance & Accountability
Topics: Congo, democracy, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, election, election monitoring, EU, European Union, Marta Martinelli
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Voices from inside Bukavu Central Prison, home now to those convicted of rape by the Kamituga mobile court.
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As the mobile court in Kamituga winds down, participants reflect on the work still left to be done.
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Of the ten rape cases before the Kamituga mobile court, two involve sex with consent, albeit by a minor. These cases reveal what might be a flaw in Congo's laws governing rape—laws that too few people know about and too few consider a deterrent to following traditions.
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Sexual predator? Or unwitting victim of conspiracy? With no DNA tests and little medical evidence, many cases before the Kamituga mobile court come down to testimony—one person's word against another's.
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Earlier this year, a mobile court much like the one in Kamituga found a group of soldiers guilty of rape as a crime against humanity. The verdict still resonates.
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How do you end impunity for the most serious crimes? The International Criminal Court is not the whole answer. Domestic courts must play a role. A new experiment in how this might work in practice is currently underway in eastern Congo.