DR Congo: Killings, Rapes by Rwanda-Backed M23 Rebels
WebJun 13, 2023 · (Nairobi) – Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have committed unlawful killings, rape, and other apparent war crimes since late 2022, Human Rights Watch said...
International Criminal Court investigation in the Democratic Republic ...
WebOn 8 July 2019, ICC Trial Chamber VI found Bosco Ntaganda guilty of 18 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, committed in Ituri, Congo, in 2002–2003. He was sentenced to 30 years of imprisonment on 7 November 2019.
Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo
WebFeb 21, 2024 · By the late 1990s, it was becoming clear to the world that targeted campaigns against Hutu populations during the First Congo War (mostly led by Kagame’s army) amounted to war crimes, a...
DR Congo conflict: M23 rebels executed over 130 civilians - UN
Web8 December 2022. By Matt Murphy,BBC News. Reuters. Vigils have been held in Kinshasa and Goma for those killed. A UN investigation has found that at least 131 civilians in the Democratic Republic...
DR Congo's Bosco Ntaganda convicted of war crimes by ICC
Web8 July 2019. AFP. Bosco Ntaganda was convicted of leading a brutal campaign in eastern DR Congo. A former Congolese rebel leader has been found guilty of war crimes and crimes against...
ICC: Congo Warlord Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity
WebJul 8, 2019 · Human Rights Watch documented ethnic massacres, killings, rape, torture, and recruitment of child soldiers by troops under Ntaganda’s command in the Kivus, and called for these charges to be...
Abduction, torture, rape: Conflict in Congo worsens, says UN
WebDec 27, 2022 · Abductions, torture, rapes. Scores of civilians including women and children have been killed by the M23 rebels in eastern Congo, according to a U.N. report expected to be published this week. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File) Read More. 4 of 4 |.
A guide to the decades-long conflict in DR Congo - Al Jazeera
WebFeb 21, 2024 · News. A guide to the decades-long conflict in DR Congo. The resource-rich country, now facing a major rebel attack, has been racked by conflict for more than 30 years.
DR Congo: War crimes conviction ‘an important victory’ for …
Web24 November 2020 Law and Crime Prevention. Two senior UN officials welcomed on Tuesday the war crimes conviction and life sentencing of an armed combatant in the Democratic Republic of the...
The U.N. rights chief says eastern Congo's escalating violence is …
Web6 days ago · FILE - People displaced by the ongoing fighting between Congolese forces and M23 rebels gather in a camp on the outskirts of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Wednesday, March 13, 2024. The U.N. human rights chief says the world is forgetting the escalating violence in eastern Congo as conflicts continue in places like Ukraine and Gaza.
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