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«Given their young age, repeating their story in court can be terrible.»

13.12.2021

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

Words from Ghislaine Bisimwa, TRIAL International’s Legal Advisor based in Bukavu In South Kivu, where I have b...

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DRC: Former militiaman Chance sentenced to life in South Kivu

14.09.2021 - (Last modified: 22.09.2021)

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

Victims obtained a favorable verdict on 21 September 2021, only 8 days after the opening of the trial of a militia leade...

Universal jurisdiction database

Roger Lumbala

19.03.2021

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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...

News releases

DRC: Life sentence for a Kamuina Nsapu commander, victims acknowledged and satisfied

16.03.2021 - (Last modified: 18.03.2021)

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

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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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Democratic Republic of the Congo

For the second consecutive year, the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) will be entirely virt...

Cases

Migamba Case (DRC): when mining exploitation leads to mass crimes

04.01.2021 - (Last modified: 13.01.2021)

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

The mining riches of South Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), attract violence from (and b...

Opinions

After a two-year-long trial, hundreds of victims still need you in DRC!

07.12.2020 - (Last modified: 14.12.2020)

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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...

News releases

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

23.11.2020 - (Last modified: 15.04.2021)

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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

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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

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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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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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