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du génocide
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For your information, attached are articles from the past week on the subject of
genocide and crimes against humanity. Please note that the documents are
provided in their original language of publication.
À titre de renseignement, veuillez trouver ci-joint des articles parus la semaine
dernière touchant le génocide et les crimes contre l’humanité. Veuillez noter que les
articles transmis sont dans la langue officielle dans laquelle ils ont été rédigés.
Thank you / Merci
EVENTS – ÉVÈNEMENTS
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The Humanitarian Environment in South Sudan: Challenges and
Opportunities
REPORTS – RAPPORTS
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Death from the Skies: Deliberate and Indiscriminate Air Strikes on
Civilians
Sudan: Civilians caught in unending crisis in Southern Kordofan
Architects of Atrocity: The Sudanese Government’s War Crimes,
Crimes against Humanity, and Torture in South Kordofan and Blue
Nile States
Rights Groups Statement: Civilians Will Face Heightened Atrocities if
Uganda and US End Operations to Counter Kony’s LRA
NEWSCLIPS – COUPURES DE PRESSE
Sudan / Soudan
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5 UN peacekeepers killed during South Sudan ambush
Insecurity restricting relief in Jonglei’s Pibor – UN
Sudan army regains control of Kordofan garrison, capital shelled
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Direct Talks On South Kordofan and Blue Nile to Begin Next Week,
SPLM-N Says
Soudan : les rebelles prêts à négocier
La capitale du Kordofan-Sud bombardée
Bashir in Juba: No deal over Abyei, talks to continue
Sudanese troops retake control of East Darfur towns, confirm army
and rebels
Soudan: l'armée reprend aux rebelles une ville du Darfour, 4 civils
tués
More Than 20 Killed in South Sudan Violence
Au moins vingt morts dans une attaque par des forces de sécurité
Le SPLM-N rapporte des bombardements ayant fait 4 morts
Le Soudan armerait les rebelles au Soudan du Sud
South Sudan clashes: Army 'attacked Lorema hospital
Democratic Republic of Congo / République démocratique du Congo
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UN to probe claims of rape by DRC army
L'ONU enquête sur des viols présumés par l'armée dans le Kivu
DR Congo rebels 'will retaliate if UN troops attack'
Les rebelles du M23 riposteront si les forces ONU les attaquent
S. Africa announces troops for troubled DR Congo
Other Related News / Autres Nouvelles
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Guatemalan judge suspends former dictator’s genocide trial
Guatemala: le procès de Rios Montt est suspend
Fighting to let children be children
More children killed in Central African Republic amid escalating
violence
Remembering the Rwandan genocide
2 decades after genocide, Hutu refugees in Uganda fear a forced
return to Rwanda
Rwanda seeks to block talk of war crimes court at UN
Somalia's young army recruits face uphill battle for credibility
Russia backs future Syria war crimes probe
Syrian army and militias, Al Qaeda sex predators, says UN
Radovan Karadzic seeks to compel Ratko Mladic to testify in his
defense at war crimes trial
BiH court prepares to close war crimes cases
Kosovo ex-rebel now MP goes on retrial for war crimes
Detained ex-Kadhafi spy chief has no lawyer: HRW
Hague war crimes court investigating allegations own staffer
committed sex abuse
EVENTS – ÉVÈNEMENTS
The Humanitarian Environment in South Sudan: Challenges and
Opportunities
DATE: 2013.04.19 3:30 p.m.
LOCATION: The History Lounge, 433 Paterson Hall, Carleton University Ottawa,
Ontario
INFORMATION:
http://www2.carleton.ca/africanstudies/cu-events/thehumanitarian-environment-in-south-sudan?mobile_switch=mobile
The Institute of African Studies presents The Humanitarian Environment in South
Sudan: Challenges and Opportunities withToby Lanzer, Deputy Special
Representative in the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan
(UNMISS)
Mr.Toby Lanzer first joined UNDP in 1992. His most recent positions have included
Chief of Staff of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT),
Deputy Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in the United Nations
Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and UNDP Resident Representative in the Central African
Republic.
For more information, please contact the Institute of African Studies at 613-5202600 ext. 2220 or [email protected]
*For a campus map, please see: http://www2.carleton.ca/cu/campus/
REPORTS – RAPPORTS
Death from the Skies: Deliberate and Indiscriminate Air Strikes on Civilians
PUBLICATION: Human Rights Watch
DATE: 2013.04.10
INFORMATION:
http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/syria0413webwcover_1.pdf
This 80-page report is based on visits to 50 sites of government air strikes in
opposition-controlled areas in Aleppo, Idlib, and Latakia governorates, and more
than 140 interviews with witnesses and victims. The air strikes Human Rights
Watch documented killed at least 152 civilians. According to a network of local
Syrian activists, air strikes have killed more than 4,300 civilians across Syria since
July 2012. […]
Sudan: Civilians caught in unending crisis in Southern Kordofan
PUBLICATION: Amnesty International
DATE: 2013.04.17
INFORMATION:
http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AFR54/009/2013/en/57b54a77-51d942a8-b4da-35e10ca33e8d/afr540092013en.pdf
This briefing focuses on attacks against civilians in Southern Kordofan’s Nuba
Mountain region, and the additional hardship they continue to face due to the lack
of humanitarian assistance and displacement. It is based on research carried out by
Amnesty International during a mission to Yida and Pariang refugee camps in Unity
State, South Sudan, and to SPLA-N controlled areas of Southern Kordofan in
January 2013. Interviews were carried out with scores of civilians in refugee camps
in Unity State and in the SPLA-N controlled areas of Southern Kordofan. Meetings
were also held with the UN refugee agency - UNHCR, international NGOs, members
of the SPLA-N, and national human rights monitors in SPLA-N controlled areas. […]
Architects of Atrocity: The Sudanese Government’s War Crimes, Crimes
against Humanity, and Torture in South Kordofan and Blue Nile States
PUBLICATION: Enough Project and Satellite Sentinel Project
DATE: 2013.04.03
INFORMATION:
http://www.satsentinel.org/sites/default/files/Architects_of_Atrocity.pdf
Over the past two years, the Enough Project and the Satellite Sentinel Project, or
SSP have used DigitalGlobe satellite imagery and on-the-ground research to gather
information that could serve as evidence of the Sudanese government’s
responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity in its South Kordofan and
Blue Nile states. The level and extent of evidence set out in our reports supports
referring the situation in Sudan’s two southern states to the International Criminal
Court, or ICC, for further investigation and prosecution. So that the evidence can
be collected as quickly and effectively as possible, even in the absence of such a
referral, the United Nations should immediately establish an impartial commission
of inquiry to carry out an investigation into the likely war crimes, crimes against
humanity, and torture, which our evidence suggests are taking place in South
Kordofan and Blue Nile. […]
Rights Groups Statement: Civilians Will Face Heightened Atrocities if
Uganda and US End Operations to Counter Kony’s LRA
PUBLICATION: Enough Project
DATE: 2013.04.03
INFORMATION: http://www.enoughproject.org/reports/civilians-will-faceheightened-atrocities-if-uganda-and-us-end-operations-counter-konys-lra
Invisible Children, the Enough Project, and The Resolve urge the governments of
Uganda and the United States to remain committed in their efforts to end the threat
to civilians posed by Joseph Kony’s rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in central
and east Africa. […]
NEWSCLIPS – COUPURES DE PRESSE
Sudan / Soudan
5 UN peacekeepers killed during South Sudan ambush
PUBLICATION: CBC
DATE: 2013.04.09
INFORMATION: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/04/09/south-sudan-unpeacekeepers-killed.html
Armed rebels that South Sudan believes are backed by Sudan opened fire on a UN
convoy on Tuesday, killing five UN peacekeepers from India and at least seven
civilians, officials said. […]
Insecurity restricting relief in Jonglei’s Pibor – UN
PUBLICATION: Sudan Tribune
DATE: 2013.04.17
INFORMATION: http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article46265
At least nine trucks loaded with food and non-food humanitarian aid are stranded in
Bor the capital of Jonglei state unable to reach areas of Pibor county affected by
recent insecurity.
Five United Nations peacekeepers, four civilian UN staff and three contractors were
killed when a convoy travelling from Bor to Pibor was ambushed by 200 unidentified
armed men on 9 April. […]
Sudan army regains control of Kordofan garrison, capital shelled
PUBLICATION: Radio Dabanga
DATE: 2013.04.17
INFORMATION: http://www.radiodabanga.org/node/46846
The spokesman of the Sudanese Army (SAF) announced the recapture of the
Dandor garrison near South Kordofan's capital from rebel forces. SPLA-N claims its
withdrawal was “tactical” and both sides confirmed Kadugli was shelled. […]
Direct Talks On South Kordofan and Blue Nile to Begin Next Week, SPLM-N
Says
PUBLICATION: Sudan Tribune
DATE: 2013.04.15
INFORMATION: http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article46244
Direct talks between Sudanese government and Sudan people’s Liberation
Movement- North (SPLM-N) to settle South Kordofan and Blue Nile conflict will start
on 23 April, announced the rebel group on Monday. […]
Soudan : les rebelles prêts à négocier
PUBLICATION: Le Figaro
DATE: 2013.04.17
INFORMATION: http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2013/04/17/9700120130417FILWWW00520-soudan-les-rebelles-prets-a-negocier.php
Les rebelles du Kordofan-Sud se sont dits aujourd'hui "prêts" à négocier avec le
gouvernement soudanais la semaine prochaine à Addis Abeba pour mettre fin aux
combats qui font rage depuis juin 2011 dans cette région frontalière du Soudan du
Sud. […]
La capitale du Kordofan-Sud bombardée
PUBLICATION: Romandie
DATE: 2013.04.12
INFORMATION:
http://www.romandie.com/news/n/_Soudan_la_capitale_du_Kordofan_Sud_bomba
rdee_76120420131515.asp
Un bombardement attribué à des rebelles a fait deux morts et huit blessés vendredi
à Kadougli, la capitale du Kordofan-Sud, une région soudanaise en proie à de
violents combats depuis près de deux ans, ont rapporté des habitants. […]
Bashir in Juba: No deal over Abyei, talks to continue
PUBLICATION: Sudan Tribune
DATE: 2013.04.12
INFORMATION: http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article46202
The South Sudanese president Salva Kiir and his visiting Sudan counterpart, Omer
Hassan Al-Bashir ended their talks on Friday without striking a deal on the issue of
the contested Abyei region. […]
Sudanese troops retake control of East Darfur towns, confirm army and
rebels
PUBLICATION: Sudan Tribune
DATE: 2013.04.17
INFORMATION: http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article46272
Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) have regained control of two towns in Central Darfur
state seized earlier this month by a rebel group, confirmed the military
spokespersons of the two belligerent sides on Wednesday. […]
Soudan: l'armée reprend aux rebelles une ville du Darfour, 4 civils tués
PUBLICATION: Romandie
DATE: 2013.04.16
INFORMATION:
http://www.romandie.com/news/n/_Soudan_l_armee_reprend_aux_rebelles_une_v
ille_du_Darfour_4_civils_tues_79160420132221.asp
Quatre civils ont péri dans des combats entre des rebelles et l'armée soudanaise qui
leur a repris une ville stratégique du Darfour, une région de l'ouest du Soudan en
proie aux violences, a indiqué mardi la mission de paix conjointe Union africaineONU au Darfour (Minuad). […]
More Than 20 Killed in South Sudan Violence
PUBLICATION: ABC News
DATE: 2013.04.18
INFORMATION: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/20-killed-southsudan-violence-18986934#.UXCpSDk1ZSU
A theft of 750 cattle sparked a manhunt by security forces that devolved into an
attack by those forces on a medical facility, where four medical staff and a patient
were killed, officials said Thursday. More than 20 people died in total. […]
Au moins vingt morts dans une attaque par des forces de sécurité
PUBLICATION: Opérations Paix
DATE: 2013.04.18
INFORMATION: http://www.operationspaix.net/34141-details-actualite-soudan-dusud-au-moins-vingt-morts-dans-une-attaque-par-des-forces-de-securite.html
Une source au sein du gouvernement sud-soudanais a rapporté aujourd’hui qu’au
moins vingt de personnes ont été tuées dans l’État d’Équatoria-Oriental à la suite
d’une attaque par des forces de sécurité contre un établissement médical. […]
Le SPLM-N rapporte des bombardements ayant fait 4 morts
PUBLICATION: Opérations Paix
DATE: 2013.04.18
INFORMATION: http://www.operationspaix.net/34138-details-actualite-soudan-lesplm-n-rapporte-des-bombardements-ayant-fait-4-morts.html
Les rebelles du SPLM-N ont rapporté aujourd’hui que des frappes aériennes
effectuées par l’armée de l’air soudanaise auraient fait quatre morts dans la région
du Kordofan méridional. « Ils ont bombardé l’un des villages », a déclaré à l’AFP le
porte-parole du SPLM-N, Arnu Ngutulu Lodi, faisant référence à des
bombardements dans la région de Ed Debkara. […]
Le Soudan armerait les rebelles au Soudan du Sud
PUBLICATION: Métro
DATE: 2013.04.13
INFORMATION: http://journalmetro.com/monde/291715/le-soudan-armerait-lesrebelles-au-soudan-du-sud/
UBA, Soudan du Sud – Le Soudan a fourni des armes aux rebelles qui mènent le
combat contre le gouvernement sud-soudanais, d’après un nouveau rapport.
Karthoum soutient qu’il n’arme pas les rebelles du groupe dirigé par David Yau Yau,
qui est installé dans l’État contestataire de Jonglei. […]
South Sudan clashes: Army 'attacked Lorema hospital
PUBLICATION: BBC News
DATE: 2013.04.19
INFORMATION: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22215561
Five health workers have been killed when South Sudan soldiers attacked a hospital
in revenge for the deaths of eight members of the security forces, the local MP has
told the BBC.
David Mayo said the fighting was still going on and urged the army to be
withdrawn. […]
Democratic Republic of Congo / République démocratique du Congo
UN to probe claims of rape by DRC army
PUBLICATION: News 24
DATE: 2013.04.18
INFORMATION: http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/UN-to-probe-claims-of-rapeby-DRC-army-20130417
The United Nations said on Wednesday it would investigate dozens of claims of rape
by army officers and rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. […]
L'ONU enquête sur des viols présumés par l'armée dans le Kivu
PUBLICATION: medicacongo.net
DATE: 2013.04.17
INFORMATION: http://www.mediacongo.net/show.asp?doc=31746
La Mission de l'ONU en République Démocratique du Congo (Monusco) a annoncé
mercredi le lancement d'une enquête sur les violations des droits de l'homme de
l'armée congolaise, dont des éléments sont soupçonnés d'avoir violé 126 femmes
dans l'Est du pays. […]
DR Congo rebels 'will retaliate if UN troops attack'
PUBLICATION: Agence France Presse
DATE: 2013.04.12
INFORMATION:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5juSo2uehlBmvISxB9gpSSL
OMs9PQ?docId=CNG.978fd54f6a0e70d1dc5973e6fcda0434.3f1
The M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday warned that they
would retaliate if attacked by a peacekeeping brigade that the United Nations has
recently approved to deploy to the country's restive northeast to disarm insurgents.
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Les rebelles du M23 riposteront si les forces ONU les attaquent
PUBLICATION: RTBF
DATE: 2013.04.12
INFORMATION: http://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/detail_rdc-les-rebelles-du-m23riposteront-si-les-forces-onu-les-attaquent?id=7970354
Les rebelles du Mouvement du 23 mars (M23) s'accordent un "droit de riposter" si
la future brigade d'intervention de l'ONU chargée de combattre les groupes armés
dans l'Est de la République démocratique du Congo venait à les attaquer, a-t-on
appris vendredi auprès de la rébellion. […]
S. Africa announces troops for troubled DR Congo
PUBLICATION: Agence France Presse
DATE: 2013.04.17
INFORMATION:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hchL5R8mOClnM89D0yIexK
ThMXbg?docId=CNG.55a4474a0e660aed75daa2de87d21389.3a1
President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday extended the deployment of 1,345 troops to
the Democratic Republic of Congo where South Africa will form part of a first-ever
offensive United Nations peacekeeping brigade. […]
Other Related News / Autres Nouvelles
Guatemalan judge suspends former dictator’s genocide trial
PUBLICATION: Globe and Mail
DATE: 2013.04.18
INFORMATION: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/guatemalan-judgesuspends-former-dictators-genocide-trial/article11398873/
A Guatemalan judge recently reinstated to the case of a former U.S.-backed
dictator has ordered the suspension of his trial, saying that all actions taken since
she was asked to step down from the case in 2011 are now null. […]
Guatemala: le procès de Rios Montt est suspend
PUBLICATION: Métro Montréal
DATE: 2013.04.19
INFORMATION: http://journalmetro.com/monde/295139/guatemala-le-proces-derios-montt-est-suspendu/
Une juge guatémaltèque a ordonné jeudi la suspension du procès pour génocide de
l’ancien dictateur Efrain Rios Montt.
Les procureurs ont immédiatement contesté cette décision et promis que le procès
suivra son cours. […]
Fighting to let children be children
PUBLICATION: Chronicle Herald
DATE: 2013.04.12
INFORMATION: http://thechronicleherald.ca/artslife/1123081-fighting-to-letchildren-be-children
SHELLY WHITMAN has seen children holding AK-47s.
And sat across the table from warlords.
She’s spoken to girls who’ve been gang raped and forced to fight on the front lines.
And met boys who’ve had to loot, spy and kill just to eat.
That was a long way away from her office at Halifax’s Dalhousie University, where
pictures of children aiming guns and posters of Canada's most famous soldier hang
on the walls. […]
More children killed in Central African Republic amid escalating violence
PUBLICATION: UNICEF
DATE: 2013.04.17
INFORMATION: http://www.unicef.org/media/media_68780.html
In the face of intensifying violence in the Central African Republic, including on a
playing field and at a church, more and more children are being killed and injured,
says UNICEF. UNICEF is calling on all armed groups to stop actions that are putting
civilian lives at risk, either through fighting or by preventing humanitarian aid
reaching those in need. […]
Remembering the Rwandan genocide
PUBLICATION: Jerusalem Post
DATE: 2013.04.16
INFORMATION: http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-Ed-Contributors/Rememberingthe-Rwandan-genocide-309994
This week we remember and commemorate the 19th anniversary of the Rwandan
genocide – an unspeakable atrocity where one million Rwandans were murdered in
a three month genocidal onslaught that began April 7, 1994. Indeed, what makes
the Rwandan genocide so unspeakable is not only the horror of the genocide itself,
but the fact that it was preventable. […]
2 decades after genocide, Hutu refugees in Uganda fear a forced return to
Rwanda
PUBLICATION: Washington Post
DATE: 2013.04.19
INFORMATION: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/2-decades-aftergenocide-hutu-refugees-in-uganda-fear-a-forced-return-torwanda/2013/04/19/8aa74242-a8e4-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_story.html
Leodegard Kagaba lifted his shirt to reveal an ugly scar on his belly left by a bullet
that nearly killed him. Tutsi neighbors in Rwanda, he said, attacked him after
accusing him of participating in the 1994 genocide. […]
Rwanda seeks to block talk of war crimes court at UN
PUBLICATION: Agence France Presse
DATE: 2013.04.14
INFORMATION:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j_g9FiUaF7hgWXFmzbdRq8pxiEA?docId=CNG.ff14ef54f5c9184851cb14648b4ff847.d1
The United Nations has been hit by a second war crimes court dispute in a week
with Rwanda trying to stop the UN Security Council praising the International
Criminal Court. […]
Somalia's young army recruits face uphill battle for credibility
PUBLICATION: The Guardian
DATE: 2013.04.19
INFORMATION: http://www.guardian.co.uk/globaldevelopment/2013/apr/19/somalia-army-uphill-battle-credibility
Captain Muhudun Ahmed Muhamud has faced the same weaponry – rocketpropelled grenades – that brought down two Black Hawk helicopters during the US
special forces assault on Bakara market in Mogadishu in 1993. […]
Russia backs future Syria war crimes probe
PUBLICATION: Al Jazeera
DATE: 2013.04.13
INFORMATION:
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/04/201341223550680213.html
Russia would eventually support an international war crimes tribunal for
Syria, Russia's foreign minister has said.
Russia has been one of the Syria's closest allies since the conflict began more than
two years ago. […]
Syrian army and militias, Al Qaeda sex predators, says UN
PUBLICATION: Toronto Star
DATE: 2013.04.17
INFORMATION:
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/04/17/syrian_army_and_militias_al_qae
da_sex_predators_says_un.html
The UN Security Council on Wednesday accused Syria’s army and intelligence
agency and a pro-government militia of being sexual war criminals for rape and
assaults on women and children, along with the Al Qaeda movement in Mali and
various African rebel movements. […]
Radovan Karadzic seeks to compel Ratko Mladic to testify in his defense at
war crimes trial
PUBLICATION: Washington Post
DATE: 2013.04.18
INFORMATION: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/radovan-karadzic-seeks-tocompel-ratko-mladic-to-testify-in-his-defense-at-war-crimestrial/2013/04/18/148f36d4-a833-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_story.html
The two alleged chief architects of Serb atrocities committed during the 1992-95
Bosnian war could meet in a United Nations courtroom for the first time, if one of
them gets his wish. […]
BiH court prepares to close war crimes cases
PUBLICATION: Southeast European Times
DATE: 2013.04.13
INFORMATION:
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/blogrevie
w/2013/04/13/blog-03
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) adopted a National War Crimes Strategy, which
envisions the courts closing the most complex war crime cases by 2015 and the
remaining cases by 2023, but some officials said this schedule might be too
ambitious. […]
Kosovo ex-rebel now MP goes on retrial for war crimes
PUBLICATION: Global Post
DATE: 2013.04.18
INFORMATION: http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130418/kosovo-exrebel-now-mp-goes-retrial-war-crimes#1
A top ethnic Albanian guerrilla commander turned-politician and his nine associates
on Thursday went on retrial for war crimes committed during the 1998-1999
Kosovo war. […]
Detained ex-Kadhafi spy chief has no lawyer: HRW
PUBLICATION: Agence France Presse
DATE: 2013.04.17
INFORMATION:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jH6bBwxs0x2KiBTMFaod5O
UvbtCw?docId=CNG.2470af24d683a2067bc4a848315ea7fc.2b1
The ex-intelligence chief of ousted Libyan leader Moammer Kadhafi says he has
never been formally charged or had access to a lawyer during his eight months so
far in jail, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. […]
Hague war crimes court investigating allegations own staffer committed
sex abuse
PUBLICATION: Washington Post
DATE: 2013.04.12
INFORMATION: http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-0412/world/38486442_1_war-crimes-court-katanga-congo
The International Criminal Court in The Hague has opened a formal investigation
into allegations by four people who say they were subjected to sexual abuse by a
court staff member working in the Democratic Republic of Congo. […]