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Kavumu trial: High Military Court confirms all condemnations

26.07.2018 - (Last modified: 18.11.2019)

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

Tonight, the High Military Court of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (HMC) has confirmed the condemnation of all 11...

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Kavumu case: appeal opens near crimes venue

12.06.2018

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

On 12 June, the appeal trial of Kavumu Case began in Bukavu (DRC). The case relates to the rape of 40 girls for fetishis...

Trial Watch database

Frederic Batumike and others - Kavumu Trial

12.02.2018 - (Last modified: 26.07.2018)

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

Facts Kavumu is a very poor village in the South Kivu province in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). For many years, this region has been the scene of violence, fighting for territories and natural resources, and power struggle. Between 2013 and 2016, more than 40 young girls in Kavumu, aged between 13 months and 12 years, were kidnapp...

Opinions

Kavumu case: interview with “the man who mends women”

08.02.2018 - (Last modified: 20.12.2018)

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

Doctor Mukwege founded Panzi Hospital in Bukavu in 1999. Since its inception, more than 50'000 women, including the you...

Opinions

Kavumu case: the key role of local actors

23.01.2018

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

Despite threats and intimidations on behalf of those whom they disturb, the Congolese actors stood firm. Attorney Charl...

Opinions

Kavumu Case: An investigator at the heart of the issue

09.01.2018

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

Before destiny led him to the victims of Kavumu, Georges Kuzma, police and justice expert consultant for Physicians for...

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Justice is delivered for the children of Kavumu

13.12.2017 - (Last modified: 02.02.2018)

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

Bukavu / Geneva / New York, December 13, 2017. In an extraordinary and landmark ruling, 11 Congolese militia members, w...

Opinions

Kavumu: A psychologist alongside traumatized children

04.12.2017 - (Last modified: 10.01.2018)

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

Jacqueline Fall, an expert medical consultant for Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), has always worked with children and...

News releases

Kavumu trial maintained to 9 November

09.11.2017 - (Last modified: 22.11.2017)

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

Geneva, 9 November 2017 - After several days of uncertainty, the trial for the Kavumu rapes will finally open today in B...

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The Kavumu child rape cases: Finally, a trial

02.11.2017 - (Last modified: 09.11.2017)

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

UPDATE: due to unforeseen circumstances, the trial will start on 9 November 2017. Bukavu, Geneva, New-York, 2...

Cases

Kavumu case: young girls abducted at night and raped

31.10.2017 - (Last modified: 18.07.2018)

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kavumu is a particularly poor village situated in the province of South Kivu, in Eastern DRC. Not far from the provinci...

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What War Does to Women: new book highlights the plague of conflict-related sexual violence

17.03.2020 - (Last modified: 18.03.2020)

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

In a searing, angry reckoning of a book, Christina Lamb, Chief Foreign Correspondent at The Sunday Times, exposes the un...

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