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3 Feb 2007, 8:18 am
[JURIST] The head of the UN Mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) [official website] expressed concern Saturday about increased human rights violations by security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo [JURIST news archive], particularly those in the remote eastern portions of the country. [read post]
9 Feb 2011, 9:00 am
Elections - On January 20, 2011, revisions of certain articles of the 2006 Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) were adopted in Kinshasa. [read post]
6 Jan 2008, 4:06 pm
Part of the International Conflicts series Introduction In 2004, the International Criminal Court started to get involved in the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, when it was referred to the Prosecutor of the court. [read post]
7 Oct 2010, 5:32 pm by Reproductive Rights
Weakness, by Jeffrey Gettleman: LUVUNGI, Democratic Republic of Congo — Four armed men barged into Anna Mburano’s hut, slapped the children and threw them down. [read post]
16 Aug 2023, 5:55 am by Jason Rizzo
But another devastating humanitarian conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has received far less visibility, resources, or support. [read post]
23 Aug 2007, 9:59 am
“The home secretary, Jacqui Smith, has been ordered by a high court judge to suspend deportations of failed asylum seekers to the Democratic Republic of Congo. [read post]
23 Sep 2015, 8:42 am by Brittany Felder
Sassou Nguesso has served as president of the Republic of the Congo for the past 31 years. [read post]
20 Jan 2004, 12:04 pm
In international law news Tuesday, the Democratic Republic of Congo may invoke the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation in order to boost its case against Rwanda at the [read post]
28 Jan 2008, 1:01 am
Just a couple of weeks after I designated the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as the most underrecognized international crisis point of 2007 here, the Congolese government reached a peace agreement with some of the militias operating in Eastern Congo. [read post]
29 Mar 2010, 6:08 pm by InternationalLaw Blogger
The United Nations is investigating a massacre of civilians in the remote northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). [read post]
9 Jun 2010, 11:53 am by InternationalLaw Blogger
A group of United Nations experts today welcomed the suspension of the chief of the national police of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the arrest of several officers in the investigation into last week’s murder of a... [read post]
11 Apr 2005, 1:18 am
[JURIST] The International Court of Justice [official website], the principle judicial organ of the UN, will begin hearing oral arguments Monday in the case of Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo  v. [read post]
23 Dec 2005, 9:37 am
[JURIST] Uganda [JURIST news archive] announced Thursday it would commence reparation negotiations with the Democratic Republic of Congo [JURIST news archive] in late 2006, following Monday's International Court of Justice ruling [JURIST report; PDF text] that Uganda violated Congo's sovereignty during a 1998-2003 war [BBC backgrounder] and was responsible for human rights abuses and the [read post]
14 Nov 2012, 10:12 am by McNabb Associates, P.C.
MAKENGA, Sultani); DOB 25 Dec 1973; POB Rutshuru, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Colonel (individual) [DRCONGO]. [read post]
12 Dec 2011, 8:01 am by ADR Times
Mediators Intervene in DR of Congo Elections BBC NewsDecember 8, 2011 Mediators have intervened to avert violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo ahead of the release of complete election results there. [read post]
14 Apr 2006, 8:39 am
[JURIST] A Central African Republic court referred former president Ange Felix Patasse [Wikipedia backgrounder] and Congo's Vice-President Jean Pierre Bemba [Wikipedia backgrounder] to the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website; JURIST news archive] Friday on war crimes charges stemming from accusations that Patasse's security forces, backed by Bemba's then rebel movement fighters [read post]
28 Oct 2013, 7:00 am
24 October 2013 – The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) said today it is extremely concerned about persistent reports of child recruitment by armed groups in the country, and called on all actors to help [read post]
22 May 2009, 9:00 am
War - On May 7, 2009, President Joseph Kabila Kabange of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) signed a law that grants amnesty for certain acts of war and insurrection committed in the country. [read post]
16 Sep 2010, 9:00 am
Mining and mineral resources - On September 11, 2010, Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), ordered that mining be suspended in three provinces in the eastern part of the country, North Kivu, South Kivu, and Maniema.... [read post]
18 Dec 2012, 2:07 pm by InternationalLaw Blogger
Preliminary findings by United Nations investigators have documented at least 126 rapes and the killing of two civilians – one a minor – during a probe into human rights violations in a part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)... [read post]