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)