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23 Jul 2014, 6:37 am
[JURIST] UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Leila Zerrougui [official profile] presented [press release] her fifth report on the situation of children affected by armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [UN backgrounder] to the Security Council Working Group on children and armed conflict Monday. [read post]
4 Nov 2016, 5:46 am
A group of UN human rights experts called on the authorities [press release] of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Thursday to revoke what they consider an unjustified ban on protests in Kinshasa, the DRC capital. [read post]
24 Jan 2015, 11:21 am
[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] on Saturday criticized [press release] the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) of using "unlawful and excessive force" against protestors in the capital of Kinshasa this past week. [read post]
5 May 2014, 12:28 pm
[JURIST] A military court for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Monday convicted two of 39 soldiers charged with raping more than 130 women in the province of South Kivu. [read post]
15 Jun 2011, 10:05 am
[JURIST] The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website] announced Wednesday that Rwandan genocide suspect and former Hutu militia leader Bernard Munyagishari was transferred from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to the UN Detention Facility in Tanzania on Tuesday. [read post]
16 Nov 2017, 5:30 am
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein [official website] called [press release] Wednesday for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to deal with those protesting the general election time change in accordance with international human rights laws and standards. [read post]
9 Jun 2018, 10:00 am
[more] The International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website] Appeals Chamber acquitted [judgment, PDF] former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and military leader Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo Friday on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. [read post]
11 Aug 2011, 9:43 am
[JURIST] Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website] called Wednesday for justice system reform in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) [BBC backgrounder]. [read post]
1 Oct 2016, 10:38 am
Hedge fund manager Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC (Och-Ziff) [official website] has agreed to pay a $412 million settlement, of which up to $213 million are criminal penalties [DOJ press release] imposed in connection with a widespread scheme involving the bribery of officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Libya—a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) [text, PDF]. [read post]
26 Feb 2018, 11:50 am
The complaint was filed on the behalf of a mother and her seven-year-old daughter from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who were separated after arriving in the US to seek asylum last November. [read post]
30 Nov 2010, 11:16 am
[JURIST] On Tuesday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) [official website] ordered the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) [BBC backgrounder] to pay an undetermined amount to Guinea for the 1988 arbitrary imprisonment of a Guinean businessman. [read post]
24 Feb 2017, 2:54 pm
Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] called [press release] on Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) officials Friday to investigate fully and impartially a video allegedly showing Congolese soldiers shooting and killing 13 alleged militia members. [read post]
26 Jul 2012, 10:10 am
[JURIST] Rwandan leaders who aided armed forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] and supplied them with weapons, armor and recruits, including children may have committed war crimes, the leader of the US Office of Global Criminal Justice (GCJ) [official website] told reporters on Wednesday. [read post]
11 Oct 2010, 12:06 pm
The court charged Mbarushimana, a former UN employee, with five counts of crimes against humanity and six counts of war crimes for acts committed by the FDLR in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] in 2009. [read post]
2 Dec 2011, 9:15 am
[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] on Friday urged [press release] the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government to control the country's security forces and prevent violence against the political opposition following the country's presidential election. [read post]
15 May 2012, 6:05 am
[JURIST] International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website] Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo announced Monday that his office will seek arrest warrants [press release] for two rebel leaders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity. [read post]
27 Jul 2010, 5:52 am
[JURIST] UK rights group Global Witness (GW) [advocacy website] on Monday filed suit [press release] against the UK government for failing to report several UK companies to the UN Sanctions Committee [official website] for allegedly trading "conflict minerals" from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. [read post]
11 Sep 2012, 11:17 am
[JURIST] The M23 movement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] has been responsible for numerous war crimes including summary executions, rapes and forced recruitment, Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] reported [press release] Tuesday. [read post]
21 Apr 2016, 5:53 am
Contents include: Luke Moffett, Accountability for Forced Displacement in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda before the International Criminal Court Simeon P. [read post]
12 Nov 2010, 9:51 am
[JURIST] The trial of eight men accused of killing Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [BBC backgrounder] human rights activist Floribert Chebeya began in the capital city of Kinshasa on Friday. [read post]
