Country: Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
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The DRC must pay off its debt to victims of mass crimes
Why do so few victims in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) receive reparations even as the number of convictions for international crimes continues to rise? A policy brief produced by TRIAL International and its partners gives details of excessively lengthy and complicated procedures. The document, endorsed by around twenty civil society players and…
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Arbitrary detention in DR Congo: The Detention ExPEERience network introduces a liability action against the State in 4 jurisdictions
On September 15, 2020, 6 requests were filed at the High Courts in Kinshasa, Mbuji-Mayi (Kasai Oriental), Lubumbashi (Haut Katanga), and Kindu (Maniema). Written in the name of citizens and civil society organisations, they ask the competent judges to recognize instances of arbitrary dentention as well as the disastrous state of prisons in the country,…
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![[ French ] Press release : Acquittal of the 11 members of the Cooperative of Artisanal Diggers of Bisie in Walikale Territory (North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo)!](https://asf.be/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Screenshot-2020-04-23-at-12.57.36.png)
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![[ French ] Press release – ASF and the signatory partners condemn the arrest and the conditions of detention of the members of the Cooperative of Artisanal Diggers of Bisie in the Territory of Walikale in the Province of North Kivu of the Democratic Republic of Congo](https://asf.be/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2020-04-09-11_40_33-communiqué-presse-conjoint-AEDH-creuseurs-Walikale-avril-2020-VF.pdf-Ado.png)
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![[ French ] Press release – Faced with the spread of Covid-19, take urgent and immediate action to protect the rights of detainees in the Democratic Republic of Congo](https://asf.be/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2020-04-21-12_48_29-ASF_RDC_Appel-urgent-pour-protéger-les-détenus-face-à-Covid-19.pdf-Adobe-Acrob.png)
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Partners’ profiles 4/4 : The Networks of Observers
ASF has helped create and revitalise networks of observers in the DRC. They are independent, they exist and are managed autonomously by their members. ASF and these networks work together to empower populations impacted by the activities of extractive companies. Today, we invite you to meet its members. They talk about the reasons behind their…
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Partners’ Profiles 3/4 : Annie Masengo
Annie Masengo speaks to us about her struggles within the Congolese League against Corruption (LICOCO). She tells us about the observations that led her to engage in the fight against corruption, an endemic phenomenon in the natural resource sector, and of the importance of all community members, regardless of gender, being able to make their…