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8 May 2013, 4:00 am
Obviously the scale and gravity of concerns do not compare with tragedies unfolding in countries like Syria or the Democratic Republic of Congo, the threat to survival faced by so many of Colombia’s Indigenous nations or the relentless discrimination women endure in Afghanistan. [read post]
19 Oct 2012, 11:11 am
The Laws of War and 21st Century Conflict certainly is a timely book — given publicized hot spots, such as Syria, Libya, Iran, and Iraq, as well as lesser-known, but equally or more deadly, armed conflicts in other areas of the world, such as the one in the Democratic Republic of Congo. [read post]
13 Aug 2012, 10:05 am
The order, issued following the decision to sentence Thomas Lubanga Dyilo to 14 years imprisonment after having been found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity as leader of the Union of Congolese Patriots for conscripting and using child soldiers in his rebel army in the Democratic Republic of Congo. [read post]
8 Aug 2012, 5:50 am
On March 14, a former militia leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, was found guilty of the war crimes of enlisting and conscripting children under the age of 15 years and using them to participate actively in hostilities. [read post]
8 Aug 2012, 5:46 am
Lubanga was convicted and sentenced to 14 years of imprisonment earlier this year for the war crimes of conscripting and enlisting children under the age of 15 and using them to actively participate in military hostilities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [read post]
25 Jul 2012, 6:42 pm
As the Guardian reports, Kagame’s longstanding — and remarkably flagrant — support for Bosco Ntaganda’s M23 rebel group in the Congo seems to have caught up with him: The head of the US war crimes office has warned Rwanda‘s leaders, including President Paul Kagame, that they could face prosecution at the international criminal court for arming groups responsible for atrocities in the Democratic Republic of Congo. [read post]
12 May 2012, 1:11 pm
[JURIST] Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic [official profile] on Friday addressed [UN News Centre] the recent increase in violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] and the resulting human rights violations.The tension between government forces and dissident groups and militia has escalated during the recent weeks and fighting has resumed. [read post]
20 Apr 2012, 7:00 am
Lubanga was found guilty of recruiting and using child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a landmark ruling in international justice. [read post]
7 Apr 2012, 12:58 pm
There began the “tortuous process of attempting to obtain travel documents which would enable the claimant to be deported”, and indeed the Burundi authorities created the first difficulty by concluding, after a telephone interview with the appellant in Swahili, that he was more likely to be a Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) national and refused to issue a travel document. [read post]
21 Mar 2012, 7:00 am
Influence Three – Weapons Vendors in the Democratic Republic of Congo In 2000, I worked for a short time in Rwanda with the ICTR, which was the best and worst professional experience I have had. [read post]
19 Mar 2012, 6:14 am
At the end of an epic three-year trial that had suffered frequent delays and interruptions, Thomas Lubanga of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was found guilty of recruiting children for use in armed conflict. [read post]
18 Mar 2012, 1:00 pm
In 2008, I attended a peace conference in the town of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which brought together various warring factions in a bid to broker a then unlikely peace. [read post]
15 Mar 2012, 6:10 am
WSJ ICC: In the first ruling by the International Criminal Court since it began its work 10 years ago, a rebel leader from the Democratic Republic of Congo was found guilty of recruiting and enlisting boys and girls under the age of 15 and using them in war. [read post]
14 Mar 2012, 1:15 pm
Lubanga, who became the political leader of the Union of Congolese Patriots in 2002, had been charged with recruiting and using child soldiers in armed hostilities in the north-eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). [read post]
10 Mar 2012, 6:00 am
For more than two decades, Amnesty International has documented crimes committed by the Lord’s Resistance Army and their horrific impact on the lives of thousands of civilians in Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and Uganda. [read post]
29 Feb 2012, 4:34 am
In April 2011, a Quebec court concluded that it had jurisdiction to hear a civil liability claim against Anvil Mining Ltd. for faults committed and damages inflicted in the Democratic Republic of Congo where the defendant exploits a copper mine. [read post]
27 Jan 2012, 8:45 am
A panel of experts will analyze the effect of fracking using reported cases of alleged groundwater contamination, laboratory studies, toxicological assessments of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, their degradation and/or reaction products, and naturally occurring substances that may be released or mobilized as a result of fracking. [read post]
23 Jan 2012, 3:22 pm
Anvil Mining Ltd., 2011 QCCS 1966 where the Superior Court accepts jurisdiction over alleged crimes committed by a Canadian corporation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [read post]
24 Dec 2011, 10:35 am
KN was the victim of sexual abuse in her home country, the Democratic Republic of Congo and she was later smuggled to the UK, where the abuse continued. [read post]
24 Dec 2011, 10:35 am
KN was the victim of sexual abuse in her home country, the Democratic Republic of Congo and she was later smuggled to the UK, where the abuse continued. [read post]
