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24 Jan 2006, 5:04 am
Under the compromise, Congo will hold the [read post]
14 Apr 2006, 7:00 am
[JURIST] A Congolese opposition group, the Holy Alliance, has filed a lawsuit in an attempt to ban Democratic Republic of Congo [JURIST news archive] President Joseph Kabila [Wikipedia profile] from running in this year's general elections, the first democratic elections in Congo since 1960, because of his ties to the military. [read post]
29 Apr 2003, 2:13 pm
The International Court of Justice at The Hague heard final oral arguments Tuesday in a case brought by the Republic of the Congo against France, seeking to block a French court from putting Congo's leaders, including its President, on trial for crimes against humanity and torture. [read post]
22 Nov 2010, 9:47 am
[JURIST] The trial of former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) [BBC backgrounder], Jean-Pierre Bemba [case materials; JURIST news archive], began Monday in the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website]. [read post]
18 Nov 2010, 3:22 am
Cecile Aptel (United States Institute of Peace) has posted an ASIL Insight on The UN Mapping Report Documenting Serious Crimes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [read post]
13 Mar 2008, 8:49 am
The client was a national from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), who had been arrested, detained, and tortured by the DRC government. [read post]
9 Feb 2016, 9:38 am
A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] said Monday that at least 21 people died [press release] in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in attacks aimed at Hutus, with 40 more people being wounded and dozens of houses burned. [read post]
25 Jan 2012, 1:30 pm
Voice of America: Thousands of AIDS Victims Face Death in Congo: A medical aid group has warned that up to 15,000 AIDS victims in Democratic Republic of Congo could die in the next three years because of difficulty getting life-saving... [read post]
27 Oct 2015, 8:20 am
[JURIST] The Republic of the Congo's electoral commission announced Tuesday that voters have approved an amendment to the constitution [text, PDF, in French] that would allow President Denis Sassou Nguesso to extend his term in office. [read post]
14 Aug 2012, 8:57 am
[JURIST] Defense lawyers for former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) [BBC backgrounder], Jean-Pierre Bemba [case materials; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday opened their case in the International Criminal Court [official website; JURIST backgrounder]. [read post]
22 Jul 2009, 1:25 am
[JURIST] International corporations that purchase minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo [BBC country profile] are responsible for prolonging the conflict in the African country, according to a report [text, PDF] issued Tuesday by human rights group Global Witness [advocacy website]. [read post]
18 Feb 2006, 8:01 am
[JURIST] The Democratic Republic of Congo [JURIST news archive] officially adopted a new constitution [text in French; AP summary] on Saturday when President Joseph Kabila signed into law the charter that voters approved [JURIST report] in a referendum [JURIST report] late last year. [read post]
26 Oct 2010, 9:00 am
War crimes - On October 19, 2010, the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced that it was charging a former official of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with war crimes. [read post]
17 May 2011, 9:00 am
War crimes - On May 4, 2011, the trial of two men from Rwanda accused of ordering others to carry out massacres and multiple rapes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) got underway in Stuttgart, Germany. [read post]
30 Sep 2010, 9:00 am
Human rights - On September 28, 2010, Margot Wallstrand#337;m, the United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, began a mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to organize a U.N. response to the mass rapes in... [read post]
25 Sep 2013, 9:52 am
Progress has been made in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in putting in place a legal regime to combat impunity for human rights violations, but the rights situation in the east of the country continues to deteriorate, according... [read post]
1 Dec 2009, 5:39 am
Security Council voted this week to extend for another year and expand the arms embargo and related sanctions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which have been in place since 2003. [read post]
26 Mar 2008, 2:12 pm
[JURIST] A former army general and warlord in the Democratic Republic of Congo [JURIST news archive] denied allegations of war crimes in an interview published Wednesday in Dutch newspaper Trouw [media website, in Dutch]. [read post]
24 Dec 2005, 9:18 pm
[JURIST] Election officials announced Saturday that citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo [JURIST news archive] approved a new constitution [draft text in French; AP summary] in a referendum [JURIST report] held December 18. [read post]
4 Dec 2009, 6:06 pm
Tristan McConnell in NairobiAn appeal court in the Democratic Republic of Congo upheld a death sentence against Joshua French, a former British soldier.Mr French, 27, who has dual British and Norwegian nationality, and his friend Tjostolv Moland, a 28-year-old former Norwegian soldier, face death by firing squad after a military tribunal in the town of Kisangani upheld their conviction for murdering their Congolese driver.Both men deny shooting Abedi Kasongo, who died from a… [read post]
