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DRC: Sheka and his wingman receive life sentences, victims are finally recognized

23.11.2020 - (Last modified: 01.12.2020)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Geneva/Goma, 23 November 2020. For immediate release. Two years almost to the day after its opening, the case against t...

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How the mighty fall: Trial of Sheka and consorts in DRC

20.11.2020

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Goma/Geneva, 20 November 2020 - for immediate release. The verdict is nearing for the warlord Ntabo Ntaberi, better know...

News

Can the exploitation of the Congolese subsoil amount to a war crime?

19.11.2020

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Did Swiss businessman Christoph Huber commit pillage – a war crime under international law – by purchasing minerals from...

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Towards ending corporate impunity?

16.10.2020 - (Last modified: 26.11.2020)

Switzerland

On November 29th, Swiss citizens will be called to the polls. They will notably be asked to vote on the Responsible Busi...

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A company washing its hands of dirty gold - the fool’s game must end

16.10.2020

Switzerland

In November 2013, for the first time in its history, TRIAL International initiated proceedings against a company before...

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DRC must pay off its debt to victims of mass crimes

15.10.2020

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Why do so few victims in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) receive reparations even as the number of conviction...

Cases

20 years imprisonment and 42 recognized victims in the Hamakombo case (DRC)

22.09.2020 - (Last modified: 08.10.2020)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Three years of crimes, over 40 victims, two defendants: the trial of two members of the Raya Mutomboki Hamakombo militia...

Cases

DRC: three militiamen convicted in Kalehe

07.09.2020 - (Last modified: 08.09.2020)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

On 22 August 2020 three members of a militia in South Kivu were convicted by the Bukavu military tribunal. Bitale Leonar...

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Giving close support to victims in DRC

21.08.2020 - (Last modified: 20.08.2020)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

In order to reach out to the most isolated populations, many Congolese organizations do not hesitate to enter the heart...

Universal jurisdiction database

Alexis Thambwe Mwamba

27.07.2020

Belgium

FACTS During the Second Congolese War (1998-2003), Alexis Thambwe Mwamba was a member of the rebel group Rassemblement congolais pour la démocratie (Movement for the Liberation of Congo, or RCD) led by Jean-Pierre Bemba. In October 1998, a plane from the company Congo Airline was shot down with 50 persons on board. The RCD, through the voice of Thambwe Mwamba, cla...

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