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16 Aug 2006, 3:34 pm
Thomas Lubanga Dyilo and of the investigation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (16 August 2006) [read post]
11 Jul 2008, 4:02 am
Kristof, in a New York Times column on why genocide matters; why, in his view, deaths and destruction in Darfur deserve attention even though 10 times more lives have been lost amid conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the last 10 years. [read post]
15 Feb 2012, 9:04 pm
On this day in ...... 1992 (20 years ago today), in the capital of what was then Zaire (credit for flag at left) and now is known as the Democratic Republic of Congo, a "massive demonstration" that the Roman Catholic Church had organized in an effort to reopen a stalled constitutional reform conference turned tragic when security forces opened fire on the thousands who were marching in Kinshasa -- hundreds of persons were killed. [read post]
13 Jun 2011, 11:47 am by Jacob Katz Cogan
Contents include:Emmanuel Laryea, Why Ghana Should Implement Certain International Legal Instruments Relating to International Sale of Goods TransactionsChilenye Nwapi, International Treaties in Nigerian and Canadian CourtsMichael Blakeney & Getachew Mengistie, Intellectual Property Policy Formulation in LDCs in Sub-Saharan AfricaTakele Soboka Bulto, Judicial Referral of Constitutional Disputes in Ethiopia: From Practice to TheoryAjepe Taiwo Shehu, Constituency Control of Legislators: Lessons… [read post]
9 May 2009, 3:00 am
The incident presaged a decade of civil war in the Central American country.... 1995, the capital city of what was then Zaire and is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa, was placed under quarantine following an outbreak of Ebola, a virus (right) that can cause, in humans and nonhuman primates such as monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees, a hemorrhagic fever that is severe and often fatal. [read post]
9 Nov 2008, 12:10 pm
He also called attention to the current slaughter of innocent civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo. [read post]
12 Aug 2011, 12:00 pm by EEM
"Evidence-based Clinical Guidelines for Immigrants and Refugees," CMAJ, Early Release (27 July 2011) [full-text] Humanitarian Action, Early Recovery and Stabilisation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, HPG Working Paper (ODI, Aug. 2011) [text] Refugee Children at "High Risk" of Mental-health Problems (IRIN, Aug. 2011) [text] Reviewing the Application of the Cessation Clause of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees in Africa, Working Paper,… [read post]
14 Jan 2019, 9:22 am by Sean Gallagher
In the 1960s, during the civil wars and political upheaval that rocked what is today the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United States Air Force flew frequent low-level reconnaissance missions over missionary outposts to check on their condition and safety. [read post]
26 Apr 2010, 9:13 am by EEM
Children coming alone as migrants should not be automatically returned (Human Rights Comment, April 2010) [text]- From Thomas Hammarberg's blog.Environmental Emergencies: Learning from multilateral response to disasters (UNEP & OCHA, 2009; launched April 2010 for Earth Day) [text via ReliefWeb]DR Congo: Unstable Areas Endanger Returns (Refugees International, April 2010) [text]International Law and the Victims of Climate Change: Creating a Framework for Managing Impacts and… [read post]
19 Nov 2015, 2:57 pm by Anthony B. Cavender
  In particular, the SEC’s conflict minerals  rule purports to compel certain disclosures affecting the acquisition of certain minerals produced in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [read post]
27 May 2019, 11:00 am by Race to the Bottom
Conflict minerals are those that originate from mines controlled by armed groups in areas like the Democratic Republic of Congo and its neighboring countries. [read post]
22 Apr 2013, 2:09 am by Kevin LaCroix
  The conflict mineral disclosure requirements are intended to identify the use in manufactured products of certain specified minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo and adjacent countries. [read post]
22 Dec 2010, 12:13 pm by Sarah Hager
Cabinda is a sliver of land between the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo. [read post]
6 Apr 2020, 4:00 am by IntLawGrrls
She is currently finishing her master’s thesis about the work of this Office’s international civil servants in the fight against conflict-related sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [read post]
10 Jul 2008, 10:01 am
On this day in ...... 1999, a Ceasefire Agreement respecting the armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (map at left) was signed by that country as well as Namibia, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. [read post]
25 Mar 2015, 10:03 pm by News Desk
Outbreaks of Zaire Ebola virus disease have been reported in nine countries so far: Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Senegal. [read post]
10 Apr 2009, 4:00 am
So it is that we see similar allegations in countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo that have suffered through decades of war. [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 7:24 am by Betsy McKenzie
Global Issues, a site by Anup Shah, an individual in the U.S. maintains a page with a nice summary of the painful recent history of the Democratic Republic of Congo. [read post]
20 Jun 2017, 5:15 am by EEM
The growth was concentrated between 2012 and 2015, driven mainly by the Syrian conflict along with other conflicts in the region such as in Iraq and Yemen, as well as in sub-Saharan Africa including Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, and Sudan. [read post]
14 Jan 2013, 7:06 am
Minister of Citizenship and ImmigrationImmigration law: Rachidi Ekanza Ezokola was the economic adviser and second counsellor of embassy to the Permanent Mission of the Democratic Republic of Congo to the United Nations before seeking refugee protection in Canada for him, his wife, and their eight children. [read post]