Congo inaugurates Joseph Kabila as first freely chosen President in decades.
Widespread Impunity Undermines DR Congo Polls
As the electoral process forges on, a rights group say that few people have access to existing justice mechanisms and legal aid services are scarce.
Soldiers of the Congolese national army at a military base 12km north of Goma, November 2008.
Congolese women and men from all walks of life queue up outside the polling center in the Muzipele quarter; in Bunia, Ituri, to cast their ballots in the second round of the presidential and provincial elections of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in October 2006.
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Congo-Kinshasa: Widespread Impunity Undermines Upcoming Polls
IPS, 10 August 2011
Controversy over its electoral process has dominated headlines on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the months preceding highly anticipated polls, but an international… Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Neglected Congolese Victims Deserve Justice Now
AI London, 10 August 2011
Crimes under international law, including rape and murder, continue to be committed by the Congolese army and armed groups in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo following… Read more »
Documents
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10 August 2011
The time for justice is now; new strategy needed in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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- Amnesty International
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A new Amnesty International report shows how crimes under international law continue to be committed with impunity by the army and armed groups. see more »
Photo Essay
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Criminal Justice in the DR Congo, August 2011
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A new report by Amnesty International highlights the weak criminal justice system in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). A scene in Goma, North Kivu: The Congolese people have suffered decades ... see more »
