Prosecuting rape as war crime in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: lessons and challenges learned from military tribunals

Amani Cirimwami, Ezéchiel; Muhindo Magadju, Pacifique

doi:10.4337/mllwr.2021.01.03

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Prosecuting rape as war crime in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: lessons and challenges learned from military tribunals

Published in The Military Law and the Law of War Review • Jun 1, 2021

Authors:

Ezéchiel Amani Cirimwami

Pacifique Muhindo Magadju

Abstract

Several armed conflicts have marked the past two decades in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). As a result, the DRC is facing an unprecedented humanitarian disaster with the death of hundreds of thousands of people, the large-scale displacement of civilians and the rape of thousands of wome...

Subject

Democracy

Criminology

Political science

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