The Democratic Republic of Congo government and International Criminal Court prosecutor agreed on Thursday to strengthen their cooperation in the fight against impunity for war crimes and crimes ...

The International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan called on Monday for "a new way of working" to tackle war crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor Karim Khan calls for a new way to tackle the ongoing deadly conflicts in ...

The ICC opened its first investigation in DR Congo in 2004, following a referral by the Congolese government. The ...

During the decades of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo possibly hundreds of thousands ... behavior and the strategies of rape as a war crime. An ex-rebel explains how he raped.

In May 2023, the Military Tribunal of Uvira sentenced Munyololo Mbao (Ndarumanga) to life imprisonment for crimes against ...

Crimes against humanity have not yet been codified in a dedicated treaty of international law, unlike genocide and war crimes, although there are efforts to do so. Despite this, the prohibition of ...

Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday made another formal referral to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to ensure the ...

Economic and land rivalries remained dormant until the late 1990s, when community militias tipped the region, rich in arable land and minerals – particularly gold – into the Second Congo War ...

Rape has been widely documented as a weapon of war used by armed groups in eastern Congo, where dozens of militias are active. Conflict has simmered and periodically flared up since the end of two ...

Rape has been widely documented as a weapon of war used by armed groups in eastern Congo, where dozens of militias are active. Conflict has simmered and periodically flared up since the end of two ...

Hundreds of Sex Crime Victims Treated in Congo Displacement ... Rape has been widely documented as a weapon of war used by armed groups in eastern Congo, where dozens of militias are active.