Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo Takes Rwanda to ICJ Over Alleged Three-Decade Campaign of Abuses Against Congolese Hutus
Kinshasa seeks to stop alleged abuses and win reparations after accusing Kigali of a three-decade campaign of genocide and human rights violations.
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DRC files ICJ case against Rwanda over decades-long violence in Eastern Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Friday filed an application instituting proceedings against Rwanda over decades of war crimes and violence perpetrated in the country’s east. The Congolese government filed the case with the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the United Nations ‘ principal court for disputes between states. The DRC accused Rwanda of bearing direct responsibility for years of ‘abuses,’ including massacres, displace…
Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo Takes Rwanda to ICJ Over Alleged Three-Decade Campaign of Abuses Against Congolese Hutus
Nairobi -- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has filed a case against Rwanda at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing its neighbor of committing genocide and widespread human rights abuses in eastern Zaire and later eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo over a period spanning three decades.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Ambassador Olivier Nduhungirehe, stated that the sanctions imposed by the United States on Rwanda are biased because the agreement was signed by both parties and the DR Congo has not respected some of them. This was in an interview with France 24 Television, which focused on various provisions governing the peace agreement that Rwanda signed with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In March this…
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