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Environmental crimes brought before the court in South Kivu (DRC)

14.09.2021 - (Last modified: 16.09.2021)
Globe Democratic Republic of the Congo
The trial of a militia leader and his accomplice in the Congolese army opened on 13 September 2021. Both men face charge...
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Roger Lumbala

19.03.2021
Globe Democratic Republic of the Congo
Facts Roger Lumbala is a Congolese national. He is the former leader of the Rassemblement congolais pour la démocratie-National (Congolese Rally for National Democracy, or RCD-N) In 2003 the United Nations published a report implicating the RCD-N in crimes against humanity, including rape, summary executions, mutilation and cannibalism during the second civil war...
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DRC: Life sentence for a Kamuina Nsapu commander, victims acknowledged and satisfied

16.03.2021 - (Last modified: 18.03.2021)
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Nsumbu Katende, a commander of the armed insurrection Kamuina Nsapu, was found guilty of war crimes committed in Kasai i...
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DRC: now impunity is tackled in Kasai too

10.03.2021
Globe Democratic Republic of the Congo
Geneva, 10 March 2021. The first trial brought by TRIAL International opens today in Central Kasai (Democratic Republic...
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TRIAL International at the 2021 FIFDH

02.03.2021 - (Last modified: 03.03.2021)
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For the second consecutive year, the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) will be entirely virt...
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Migamba Case (DRC): when mining exploitation leads to mass crimes

04.01.2021 - (Last modified: 13.01.2021)
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The mining riches of South Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), attract violence from (and b...
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After a two-year-long trial, hundreds of victims still need you in DRC!

07.12.2020 - (Last modified: 14.12.2020)
Globe Democratic Republic of the Congo
A message from Elsa Taquet, Legal Advisor   "You robbed me of my childhood and killed my parents. Now you must an...
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DRC: Sheka and his accomplice receive life sentences, victims are finally recognized

23.11.2020 - (Last modified: 15.04.2021)
Globe 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
Globe Democratic Republic of the Congo
Goma/Geneva, 20 November 2020 - for immediate release. The verdict is nearing for the warlord Ntabo Ntaberi, better know...
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Can the exploitation of the Congolese subsoil amount to a war crime?

19.11.2020
Globe 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)
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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
Globe Switzerland
In November 2013, for the first time in its history, TRIAL International initiated proceedings against a company before...
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