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16 Mar 2017, 12:48 pm
Most interesting were the objects of Afro-Cuban religions--Santería and more surprisingly Palo Mayombe (Las Reglas de Congo). [read post]
15 Mar 2017, 4:00 am by Sam Muller
Further in the distance you will be eyeing the Sahel region and the vast Democratic Republic of Congo, where the crumbling and rumbling is complemented with extreme poverty. [read post]
2 Mar 2017, 11:05 am by InternationalLaw Blogger
Defence and security forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) used excessive, disproportionate and at times lethal force to prevent and contain demonstrations in December 2016, in violation of international human rights law and standards, a UN report... [read post]
1 Mar 2017, 9:35 am by Erik Slobe
The UN Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) released a report [text, PDF] Wednesday describing [press release] human rights violations committed by soldiers of the Forces armèes de la Rèpublique dèmocratique du Congo (FARDC) and agents of the Police Nationale Congolaise (PNC) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that resulted in the deaths of at least 40 people. [read post]
28 Feb 2017, 7:35 am by Valerie Oosterveld
Over the past two decades, international criminal tribunals have adopted groundbreaking judgments convicting individuals for rape, sexual slavery and forced marriage committed during armed conflict and genocide in the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and elsewhere. [read post]
24 Feb 2017, 2:54 pm by Erik Slobe
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]
24 Feb 2017, 7:06 am by John Jascob
Moreover, the signatories noted that despite lingering hurdles to peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the emergence of environmental, social, and governance investing and regulatory developments in Europe, and the possibility of future developments in China, had set the stage for supply chain due diligence to emerge as a “global norm” largely because of U.S. leadership. [read post]
23 Feb 2017, 9:20 am by David Bosco
In so doing, the United States could avoid (at least for now) a confrontation with a court that has broadly served U.S. interests and values by addressing mass atrocities in places like Sudan, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Libya. [read post]
20 Feb 2017, 10:50 am by William Theisen
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights [official website] issued a statement [text] Monday calling for an "immediate halt" to "widespread human rights violations" allegedly committed by government officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [official website]. [read post]
14 Feb 2017, 11:47 am by Brittany Felder
[JURIST] The UN human rights office on Monday expressed concern [press release] over reports that at least 101 people have been killed by Congolese soldiers in conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). [read post]
2 Feb 2017, 5:00 am by John Jascob
The court concluded that Section 13(p) and Rule 13p-1 violated the First Amendment to the extent that they required regulated entities to report to the SEC and to disclose on their websites that any of their products were not found to be Democratic Republic of Congo conflict free. [read post]
1 Feb 2017, 4:15 pm by EEM
" Proposal submission deadline is 10 March 2017.NGO Programs Benefiting Refugees in South Sudan [info]- Proposal submission deadline is 21 March 2017.NGO Programs Benefiting Refugees in Ethiopia and Kenya [info]- Proposal submission deadline is 22 March 2017.NGO Programs Benefiting Refugees in Chad and Cameroon [info]- Proposal submission deadline is 24 March 2017.NGO Programs Benefiting Refugees in Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo [info]-… [read post]
27 Jan 2017, 4:47 am by Renae Lloyd
Cohen and Baros also allegedly directed illicit efforts to secure mining deals to benefit Och-Ziff by directing bribes to corruptly influence government officials in Libya, Chad, Niger, Guinea, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [read post]
19 Jan 2017, 11:20 pm by Afro Leo
Botswana was the most-attacked country in Check Point's list of 117 at-risk nations, followed by Malawi in second place, Namibia in fourth, Uganda in ninth and the Democratic Republic of Congo in tenth place. [read post]
4 Dec 2016, 9:45 am
Labuda, The ICC in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a decade of partnership and antagonism Stephen Smith Cody, Alexa Koenig & Eric Stover, Witness testimony, support, and protection at the ICC Karin Willemse, Dafur tribal courts, reconciliation conferences and 'Judea': local justice mechanisms and the construction of citizenship in Sudan Kristin C. [read post]
26 Nov 2016, 6:38 pm by Valerie Oosterveld
This post noted that the feared mass withdrawal of African states did not materialize: rather, a number of African states – including Ghana, Nigeria, Botswana and the Democratic Republic of the Congo – reiterated their support for the work of the ICC. [read post]
23 Nov 2016, 11:02 am by Kirsten Stefanik
This includes 7 government security forces and 51 non-state armed groups in countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Nigeria, and Syria. [read post]
23 Nov 2016, 6:00 am by Hanibal Goitom
  Some political parties in the Republic of the Congo are pushing for the country’s withdrawal. [read post]
21 Nov 2016, 7:02 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the poorest country in the world, GNI per capita is only $680 a year…” Click here to see the list and descriptions of the richest countries in the world. [read post]