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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...
For the second year in a row, 8 Congolese lawyers underwent personalised legal training for a year. From theoretical cl...
Two congolese lawyers testify

DRC: A breach in impunity?

21.11.2016 - (Last modified: 17.05.2017)
In DRC, victims of heinous crimes can now seek justice before civilian courts. These timid but encouraging steps could h...
Stella was thirteen years old when she was raped by a judge. She is now defended by a Congolese lawyer trained by TRIAL...

Echoes from the field

03.10.2016 - (Last modified: 20.06.2017)
An interview with Guy Mushiata, Human Rights expert in the DRC   TRIAL: Once again, the DRC is making the internatio...

DRC: Developments in the Mutarule trial

07.09.2016 - (Last modified: 21.10.2019)
  The trial for the massacre of Mutarule opened on 12 August 2016 and has been the theatre of tensions, resulting in del...

Congolese soldier receives 15 years sentence for double rape

04.08.2016 - (Last modified: 23.02.2017)
A military tribunal in Bukavu sentenced private Bolingo Katusi to 15 years imprisonment for the rape of two women in th...

Sexual Violence: Congolese NGOs and TRIAL fight the same battle

06.07.2016 - (Last modified: 29.09.2016)
Congolese NGOs provide assistance to thousands of victims of sexual violence in their quest for justice. TRIAL Internat...

A pilot project to facilitate access to justice

14.06.2016 - (Last modified: 27.02.2017)
An EU project, carried out in collaboration with the UNDP, will allow TRIAL International to extend its efforts in the f...

Case F.

03.06.2016 - (Last modified: 27.02.2017)
On 17 December 2014, agents of the National Intelligence Agency (ANR) arrested F. at his home, without any arrest warrant. He was immediately locked up in an ANR solitary confinement cell and tortured over a long period of time to make him “confess” to stealing a large sum of money from his former associate, who happened to be very close to the ANR Commander. Despite...

Case H.

03.06.2016 - (Last modified: 27.02.2017)
Ms H. works at Panzi Hospital alongside Dr Mukwege, helping female victims of sexual violence. Her work had already attracted several threats and, on 19 June 2013, she was abducted from her home by six armed men. Kidnapped for three days, she was raped and abused. On the night of the third day, Ms H. was dumped – handcuffed and unconscious – on the roadside. Ms H....