Congo-Kinshasa: 'Pay Back What We Have Lost' - ICTJ Report Spotlights Congolese Government's Failure to Pay Court-Ordered Reparations for Army Crimes

"Judgment Denied," a report from the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), details four military court cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) involving dozens of victims, egregious human rights violations, and nearly $1 million in outstanding awards owed by the government.

In every case, serious crimes were committed against civilians by members of the Congolese Army, but the government has yet to pay compensation ordered by the courts.

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