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25 Nov 2014, 7:39 am
[JURIST] Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website] revealed new evidence [text, PDF] Monday indicating a Belgian mining company, Groupe Forest International, lied about bulldozing homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
21 Nov 2014, 11:14 pm
Using a number of relevant case studies (including the UN interventions in Bosnia, Somalia, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo and East Timor) it examines the securitisation of global governance through the prism of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations and demonstrates that the development of both global governance and global security governance have transformed the environment in which international organisations, such as the United Nations, are operating. [read post]
18 Nov 2014, 2:28 pm
Here is the background on that case: In 2010, Congress passed — as part of the Dodd-Frank bill to reform Wall Street and provide broader consumer protection — a requirement that the SEC issue regulations to require disclosure by U.S. businesses of information about whether their products included ingredients that had been developed as a byproduct of the armed fighting that has plagued the Republic of the Congo for the past fifteen years. [read post]
18 Nov 2014, 12:30 pm
A Case Study of New Technologies in Cash Transfers from the Democratic Republic of Congo (Mercy Corps, Nov. 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]- See also related guide.Crypto-currencies and the Aid Industry (IRIN, Nov. 2014) [text]Economic Strengthening for Child Protection & Education in Emergencies: Compendium of Evidence & Guidance (UNICEF et al., July 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]Employer Attitudes towards Refugee Immigrants, IFN Working Paper, no. 1025 (Research Institute of… [read post]
18 Nov 2014, 10:29 am
[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] on Tuesday released a report [report, PDF] which accuses police officers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) of executing 51 youths and causing the disappearance of 33 others. [read post]
14 Nov 2014, 7:12 am
Via Sean Flynn and the Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest comes an announcement particularly relevant for our readers and friends in Congo DRC, Egypt, Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Libya, Republic of Congo, South Sudan and Sudan*. [read post]
10 Nov 2014, 9:54 am
The head of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) [official website] Martin Kobler on Sunday commended [UN News Centre report] the sentencing of a former militia commander accused of war crimes. [read post]
30 Oct 2014, 3:10 am
The article states: “The Democratic Republic of Congo plans to lease farmland covering an area larger than France in an attempt to attract capital and technology capable of boosting jobs and food productivity in one of the world’s poorest countries. [read post]
27 Oct 2014, 8:23 am
When that role came to an end, they sought asylum rather than return to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [read post]
27 Oct 2014, 4:00 am
All these countries are African. 4 of those are so-called self-referral cases, meaning that the government of the country in question referred the case to the Court: Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, and Mali. 3 of those are referrals by the Security Council: Sudan, Darfur, and Libya. [read post]
24 Oct 2014, 11:49 am
Travelers to the Democratic Republic of the Congo should practice enhanced precautions. [read post]
16 Oct 2014, 8:03 am
The UN Joint Human Rights Office in the DRC (UNJHRO) [UN country page] urged the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [BBC... [read post]
9 Oct 2014, 5:54 pm
Ebola: Basics About the Disease, October 3, 2014: “The Ebola virus is named after the Ebola River, near where the virus was discovered in 1976 in Zaire, now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). [read post]
6 Oct 2014, 12:45 pm
Reviewing Key Lessons from Operation Lifeline Sudan and Past Humanitarian Operations in South Sudan (Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium, Oct. 2014) [text]Migration Dimensions of the Crisis in the Central African Republic: Short, Medium and Long-term Considerations (IOM, Aug. 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]Perceptions of Security among Internally Displaced Persons in Juba, South Sudan (Stimson Center, Sept. 2014) [text]UNHCR Position on Returns to North Kivu, South Kivu and Adjacent Areas in… [read post]
3 Oct 2014, 3:06 pm
The United Nations Security Council today reiterated that the “swift neutralization” of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) armed group is a top priority in bringing stability to and protecting the civilians of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Great Lakes region. [read post]
29 Sep 2014, 5:05 am
Secretary-General for Children & Armed Conflict, New York; Virginie Ladisch, Head, Children & Youth Program, International Center for Transitional Justice, New York; Sharanjeet Parmar, independent consultant on child-crime accountability, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Mark Richmond, Director, Protect Education in Insecurity & Conflict, Education Above All Foundation, Doha, Qatar, and formerly a Director in UNESCO’s senior education team in Paris;… [read post]
19 Sep 2014, 8:52 am
Fears were also raised in New Orleans in connection with a vessel whose crew fell ill after calling at the port of Matadi in the Democratic Republic of Congo. [read post]
16 Sep 2014, 6:02 am
Legal items from the gazettes of the following countries are now available under the “Legislative” sources list for each jurisdiction: Brazil, Canada, Democratic Republic of Congo, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Mexico, Mauritania, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Taiwan, Tunisia, and United States. [read post]
12 Sep 2014, 11:18 am
The latest report by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic brings fresh evidence that this ancient civilisation has devolved into a slaughterhouse, where children are tortured in front of their parents or executed in public, amid wanton killing and destruction. [read post]
12 Sep 2014, 1:12 am
Maiden, Transformative Peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [read post]
