Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo - War Crimes Conviction 'An Important Victory' for Justice - UN Envoy

24 November 2020

Two senior UN officials welcomed on Tuesday the war crimes conviction and life sentencing of an armed combatant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, and her counterpart on Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, lauded the Cour Militaire Opérationnelle of North Kivu for the conviction and sentencing of Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka - part of the Nduma Defence of Congo armed group (NDC-Sheka) - on charges that included rape, sexual slavery and the recruitment of children.

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