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Amnesty International Friday reported that members of the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group killed at least 20 men and raped “scores of women” in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). [read post]
A UN peacekeeper Sunday was killed and another injured after their helicopter came under fire in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). [read post]
1 Feb 2023, 2:39 pm by anne
  As part of the criminal plea agreement, Glencore admitted that for over a decade it paid more than $100 million in bribes to officials in Nigeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Brazil, Venezuela, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [read post]
26 Jan 2023, 11:07 am by Jacob Katz Cogan
Murphy, Peremptory Norms of General International Law (Jus Cogens) (Revisited) and Other Topics: The Seventy-Third Session of the International Law Commission International DecisionsJaemin Lee, Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. [read post]
The post UN reports 49 bodies in Democratic Republic of the Congo mass graves following millitia attacks appeared first on JURIST - News. [read post]
25 Dec 2022, 6:20 pm
 Of concern also the Democratic Republic of the Congo voted against for the 1st time.Finally, Vanuatu and Venezuela were absent for the 1st time, they had always voted yes before.GROWING SUPPORT OVER THE YEARSWith 2 more votes in favor compared to 2020, the resolution has now reached 125 votes. [read post]
23 Dec 2022, 4:38 am by Emma Snell
  GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS  U.N. experts have found evidence to prove that Rwanda has engaged in military operations in the east of the Democratic republic of Congo (DR Congo). [read post]
13 Dec 2022, 1:55 am by Kevin Kaufman
Table 3. 20 Lowest Statutory Corporate Income Tax Rates in the World, 2022 (Excluding Jurisdictions with a Corporate Income Tax Rate of Zero Percent) Country Continent Tax Rate Barbados North America 5.5% Turkmenistan Asia 8% Hungary Europe 9% Andorra Europe 10% Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe 10% Bulgaria Europe 10% Kosovo, Republic of Europe 10% Kyrgyzstan A [read post]
9 Dec 2022, 6:00 am by Mehari Taddele Maru
  This summit comes at a time when several wars in Africa—including one of the world’s deadliest in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and the protracted conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo—have culminated in preventable mass atrocities, including ethnic cleansing, acts of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. [read post]
9 Dec 2022, 4:26 am by Emma Snell
  A U.N. investigation has found that at least 131 civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo died in a November attack by the M23 rebel group. [read post]
8 Dec 2022, 6:06 am by Chile Eboe-Osuji
(See Prosecutor v Blaškić (Judgement on the Request of the Republic of Croatia for Review of the Decision of Trial Chamber II of 18 July 1997) 27 October 1997 (ICTY Appeals Chamber), para 38.) [read post]
6 Dec 2022, 4:25 am by Emma Snell
  Nearly 300 people were killed when rebels attacked villagers in the Democratic Republic of Congo last week, officials said yesterday. [read post]
2 Dec 2022, 6:05 am by Kal Raustiala
These later missions went well beyond observation into actual fighting—and sometimes, as with the Congo operation of 1960, even employed airpower. [read post]
2 Dec 2022, 4:18 am by Emma Snell
  GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS  Democratic Republic of Congo’s armed forces said yesterday that 50 civilians had been massacred by M23 rebels and their allies. [read post]
21 Nov 2022, 9:30 am by Unknown
Blog posts:Rwanda lacks recent data on employment, skills, consumption – the cornerstones of good socio-economic programming (UNHCR Blog, Nov. 2022) [text]- Links to a mapping survey of available datasets.The Terrible Plight of Internally Displaced Persons in Central Africa (Verfassungsblog, Nov. 2022) [text]Why it’s important to understand the unique plight of internally displaced people in Africa (The Conversation, Nov. 2022) [text]Reports:Northern Ethiopia: two years into the crisis… [read post]
17 Nov 2022, 11:47 am by Jacob Katz Cogan
Contents include: Sara Hellmüller, A trans-scalar approach to peacebuilding and transitional justice: Insights from the Democratic Republic of Congo Diana Panke, Gurur Polat, & Franziska Hohlstein, Who performs better? [read post]
16 Nov 2022, 8:53 am by Carine Kaneza Nantulya
In Rwanda, judicial authorities are prosecuting and detaining opposition members, journalists, and critics, on baseless or abusive charges, while its government also supports the M23 (March 23 Movement) next door in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). [read post]
16 Nov 2022, 1:59 am by Simon Lovegrove (UK)
The advisory notice identifies the following countries for which appropriate actions should be taken to minimise the associated risks and these actions may include enhanced due diligence in high risk situations: Albania Barbados Burkina Faso Cambodia The Cayman Islands DPRK Democratic Republic of the Congo Gibraltar Haiti Iran Jamaica Jordan Mali Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Panama The Philippines Senegal South Sudan Syria Tanzania Turkey Uganda United Arab Emirates Yemen The… [read post]
14 Nov 2022, 7:05 pm by Jacob Katz Cogan
Covering debates over transitional justice in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Cambodia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and other countries, Kate Cronin-Furman investigates the diverse ways in which repressive states respond to calls for justice from human rights advocates, UN officials, and Western governments who add their voices to the victims of mass atrocities to demand accountability. [read post]