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10 Sep 2014, 3:43 am
The list is required by Dodd-Frank’s Section 1502(d)(3)(C) – but it does “not indicate whether a specific facility processes minerals that are used to finance conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country. [read post]
9 Sep 2014, 3:27 am
” The SEC final rules on conflict minerals, adopted Aug. 22, 2012, pursuant to Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, require companies to publicly disclose their use of conflict minerals that originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country. [read post]
3 Sep 2014, 11:41 am
” The rule, enacted by Congress in July of 2010,requires certain public companies to provide disclosures about the use of specific conflict minerals supplied by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and nine neighboring countries. [read post]
3 Sep 2014, 9:31 am
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, despite dramatic recent progress in terms of political will and action, evident in the Presidential appointment of a Special Representative on Sexual Violence and Child Recruitment, the establishment and engagement of a Special Commission on Sexual Violence in the Senate, and training and Codes of Conduct on sexual violence for the national army, there are still major capacity constraints and obstacles to justice. [read post]
29 Aug 2014, 7:38 pm
To understand the relationship between economic growth and poverty, take the case of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with a GDP per capita of US$272 in 2012. [read post]
28 Aug 2014, 6:46 pm
“Ebola virus disease (Ebola or EVD) is a severe, often fatal disease that was first detected near the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 1976. [read post]
24 Aug 2014, 9:02 am
In earlier decisions, the court of appeals had struck down graphic warnings for cigarette packs and a requirement that manufacturers disclose whether they produce their goods with minerals mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. [read post]
14 Aug 2014, 9:31 am
Scott Campbell, director of the UN Joint Human Rights Office in the Democratic Republic of Congo, describes the ongoing war crimes trial of Lt Col Bedi Mobuli Egangela as a “a test case” for military justice in the country, writes the BBC. [read post]
11 Aug 2014, 8:33 pm
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2014) On August 11, 2014, the President of the Human Rights Council, Baudelaire Ndong Ella, appointed the members of the Human Rights Council's "independent international commission of inquiry to investigate all violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law" in the area that the Human Rights Council describes as "the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, particularly in the Gaza Strip. [read post]
7 Aug 2014, 2:00 pm
Participate in the debate by leaving a comment.Publications:Malnutrition and Elevated Mortality among Refugees from South Sudan, Gambella, Ethiopia, June-July 2014 (UNHCR, July 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]A People Dispossessed: The Plight of Civilians in Areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo Affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army (Conciliation Resources, July 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]- See also related policy brief.Rapport d'Atelier: Solutions Durables pour les… [read post]
6 Aug 2014, 6:36 am
” Russ Feingold, President Obama’s special envoy to central Africa, issued some harsh words to the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), the group formed by the leaders of the Rwandan genocide which now controls parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. [read post]
5 Aug 2014, 1:20 pm
The organisation has extensive country-based programmes in collaboration with local and regional partners in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, and Libya, along with ICC-related legal monitoring and advocacy programmes on the Central African Republic, Kenya, the Ivory Coast and Mali. [read post]
4 Aug 2014, 4:36 am
Ambassador to South Africa Patrick Gaspard, born in 1967 in the Republic of the Congo, is the U.S. ambassador to South Africa, appointed in 2013. [read post]
24 Jul 2014, 8:11 am
[1] The Great Lakes region consists of the territory covering 12 states that are members of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR): Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Zambia.Filed under: Africa, International Migration Law Tagged: Africa, citizenship, Refugees [read post]
24 Jul 2014, 6:41 am
Gwenigale - Minister of Health and Social Welfare of the Republic of Liberia Research Articles Fiona Terry, Violence against health care: insights from Afghanistan, Somalia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo Enrico Pavignani, Markus Michael, Maurizio Murru, Mark E. [read post]
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]
20 Jul 2014, 6:47 am
[RL30172]1997 – Congo and Gabon: On March 27, 1997, President Clinton reported on March 25, 1997, a standby evacuation force of U.S. military personnel had been deployed to Congo and Gabon to provide enhanced security and to be available for any necessary evacuation operation. [read post]
10 Jul 2014, 9:10 am
The Times reports that the U.S. will broaden sanctions on groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in order to more easily target those who are trying to instigate violence and disrupt peacekeeping missions in the country. [read post]
26 Jun 2014, 12:46 pm
Meanwhile, reports of sexual assault in war time continue to pour out of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [read post]
26 Jun 2014, 7:16 am
Katanga, the alleged commander of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) rebel group Force de refsistance patriotique en Ituri (FRPI) was found guilty [JURIST report] of four counts of war crimes and one count of crime against humanity. [read post]
