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Kavumu case: young girls abducted at night and raped

31.10.2017 - (Last modified: 17.06.2020)
Kavumu is a particularly poor village situated in the province of South Kivu, in Eastern DRC. Not far from the provincia...

Sexual violence in the DRC: Why is impunity so persistant?

12.10.2017 - (Last modified: 25.02.2019)
In a damning report, TRIAL International denounces the near impossibility for victims of sexual violence to obtain justi...

DRC: gathering evidence for the gravest crimes

09.10.2017 - (Last modified: 22.06.2018)
Patient Iraguha, Legal Officer at TRIAL International, documents mass crimes in DRC’s most remote areas. A laborious and...
In 2017, TRIAL International and the NGO WITNESS have put together a unique training in DRC: how to use video to fight...
After encouraging results in South Kivu, TRIAL International and its partners turned their attention to another lawles...

DRC: justice has spoken for the 150 victims of Musenyi

02.08.2017 - (Last modified: 18.07.2018)
In September 2015, the village of Musenyi experienced absolute horror: a series of rapes and looting, committed by the...

Repression in Burundi, arrest in the DRC

03.07.2017 - (Last modified: 07.07.2017)
Journalist Egide Mwemero was tortured in the DRC for “crimes” committed in Burundi – a case that illustrates the silenc...
On the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, the international community reiterates the...

Can video bring down impunity?

06.06.2017 - (Last modified: 08.06.2017)
TRIAL International is partnering with the NGO WITNESS to offer an exclusive training in DRC: using video to prosecute...

Nzovu trial: FDLR finally face justice

02.03.2017 - (Last modified: 29.03.2017)
The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) are infamous for the atrocities they inflict on civilians in...

Judicial reparations for the Mutarule massacre

23.02.2017 - (Last modified: 18.07.2018)
After many months of silence, the verdict for the crimes committed in Mutarule has finally been made public. The massac...
An op-ed by Daniele Perissi Could the ordeal of Lemera’s victims finally end? An unrelated case before African Commissi...