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Nzovu trial: FDLR finally face justice

02.03.2017 - (Last modified: 29.03.2017)
Globe Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) are infamous for the atrocities they inflict on civilians in...
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Judicial reparations for the Mutarule massacre

23.02.2017 - (Last modified: 18.07.2018)
Globe Democratic Republic of the Congo
After many months of silence, the verdict for the crimes committed in Mutarule has finally been made public. The massac...
Opinions

DRC: TRIAL intervenes as expert in reparations case

02.02.2017
Globe Democratic Republic of the Congo
An op-ed by Daniele Perissi Could the ordeal of Lemera’s victims finally end? An unrelated case before African Commissi...
Training

Two Congolese lawyers testify

02.01.2017
Globe Democratic Republic of the Congo
For the second year in a row, 8 Congolese lawyers underwent personalised legal training for a year. From theoretical cl...
Two congolese lawyers testify
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DRC: A breach in impunity?

21.11.2016 - (Last modified: 17.05.2017)
Globe Democratic Republic of the Congo
In DRC, victims of heinous crimes can now seek justice before civilian courts. These timid but encouraging steps could h...
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Minor sues judge for rape

19.10.2016
Globe Democratic Republic of the Congo
Stella was thirteen years old when she was raped by a judge. She is now defended by a Congolese lawyer trained by TRIAL...
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Echoes from the field

03.10.2016 - (Last modified: 20.06.2017)
Globe Democratic Republic of the Congo
An interview with Guy Mushiata, Human Rights expert in the DRC   TRIAL: Once again, the DRC is making the internatio...
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DRC: Developments in the Mutarule trial

07.09.2016 - (Last modified: 21.10.2019)
Globe Democratic Republic of the Congo
  The trial for the massacre of Mutarule opened on 12 August 2016 and has been the theatre of tensions, resulting in del...
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Congolese soldier receives 15 years sentence for double rape

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

Sexual Violence: Congolese NGOs and TRIAL fight the same battle

06.07.2016 - (Last modified: 29.09.2016)
Globe Democratic Republic of the Congo
Congolese NGOs provide assistance to thousands of victims of sexual violence in their quest for justice. TRIAL Internat...
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A pilot project to facilitate access to justice

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

03.06.2016 - (Last modified: 27.02.2017)
Globe Democratic Republic of the Congo
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...
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