Max Fisher August 29, 2010 The Atlantic Wire A leaked United Nations report on the Rwandan genocide makes the explosive charge that the Rwandan Army, long credited with helping to end the infamous 1994 genocide of ethnic Tutsis, committed hundreds of acts of genocide against ethnic Hutu refugees in 1996-1997. The document, first reported by [...]
Posts Tagged ‘DRC’
UN Report on Rwanda Genocide and DRC Sparks Controversy
Posted in News Updates, tagged DRC, genocide, Rwanda, UN on August 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Katanga Trial Set to Move Forward
Posted in News Updates, tagged DRC, ICC on July 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
July 12, 2010 UPI.com THE HAGUE, Netherlands, July 12 (UPI) — A Congolese militia leader’s appeal to have the war crimes charges against him dropped was denied Monday by international court judges. The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court found that the November decision of the Trial Chamber denying Germain Katanga’s request did not [...]
Rwandan High Court Refuses to Free Nkunda
Posted in News Updates, tagged CNDP, DRC, Nkunda, Rwanda on May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
AFP, 22 May 2009 KIGALI (AFP) — A Rwandan high court has rejected a bid by the wife of Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda to release him, a rights group said Friday. The High Court of Rwanda said on Thursday that Elisee Nkunda’s appeal “did not respect the law” and ordered her to pay legal [...]
Amnesty Law for DR Congo Militias
Posted in News Updates, tagged Amnesty, DRC, Kivu, Nkunda on May 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BBC News, 07 May 2009 MPs in the Democratic Republic of Congo have passed a law granting amnesty to militias in the east of the country. It is the culmination of various deals to bring peace to the North Kivu and South Kivu provinces, a BBC correspondent in Kinshasa says. It will include “acts of [...]
ICC Observers Exclusive Interview: Colin Thomas-Jensen, Enough Project Policy Advisor
Posted in Interviews, tagged Bashir, Colin Thomas-Jensen, DRC, Enough Project, ICC, Kony, Ocampo on March 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
ICC Observers Project-Oxford Transitional Justice Research Exclusive Interview: Colin Thomas-Jensen, Enough Project Policy Advisor Colin Thomas-Jensen is a Policy Advisor at the Enough Project. Based in Washington, D.C., Colin helps to guide Enough’s analysis and policy recommendations to end crimes against humanity. He also oversees Enough’s field research in Sudan, Chad, Congo, Uganda, and the [...]
ICC Observers Exclusive Interview: David Anderson, Professor of African Politics and Director of the African Studies Centre, University of Oxford, and Phil Clark, Research Fellow in Courts and Public Policy, University of Oxford
Posted in Interviews, tagged Bashir, David Anderson, DRC, ICC, ICTR, Military Tribunals, Phil Clark, University of Oxford, Waki Report on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
ICC Observers Project – Oxford Transitional Justice Research Exclusive Interview: Phil Clark, Research Fellow in Courts and Public Policy, University of Oxford, and David Anderson, Professor of African Politics and Director of the African Studies Centre, University of Oxford David Anderson, MA (BA Sussex; PhD Cantab), is a Professor of African Politics, Director of the [...]
DRC Military Leader Guilty in Landmark Trial – HRW
Posted in News Updates, tagged DRC on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Human Rights Watch, 10 March 2009 (New York) – The conviction of the Mai Mai commander Gédéon Kyungu Mutanga and 20 other Mai Mai combatants for crimes on major charges, including crimes against humanity, by a military court on March 5, 2009, was a crucial step toward creating accountability in the Democratic Republic of Congo, [...]
Opinions on Lubanga from DRC
Posted in News Updates, tagged DRC, Lubanga on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lubanga’s neighbors split over war crimes trial The Congolese ex-militia leader is the first man to stand trial at the International Criminal Court. Back home, some defend their native son as simply protecting his people. Max Delany, The Christian Science Monito, March.11.09 Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo – With his unseeing eyes, Innocent may not [...]
