Sexual Violences in the Media (2007)
Sexual Violences in the Media (September/October 2007)
The NGO call the authorities to adopt the project of law that would enable the prosecution of the suspects of war crimes in civil courts, since they could be only in military courts up to now.
The Congolese legislator prepared a project of law of implementation of the Statute of Rome [...].In September 2005, the project of law has been submitted to the National Assembly for approval but nothing has been made since then, although, the project wa welcomed favorably by many, including the official governmental , its sponsor, Kinshasa and Ituri s' the organizations civil society organizations as well as several experts.
Christian Hemedi Bayolo, the IPC (CN-CPI) coordinator of the National Coalition of RDC calls to a fast action for the adoption of the implementation law.
M. Donat-Cattin of Parliamentarians heart Global Action (PGA)explained that the objectors to the project of law succeeded in choking the question during years. "We noted a big resistance", she specified.War Crimes Justice Reform Urged - By Sonia Nezamzadeh (IWPR) in The Hague and Desire-Israel Kazadi in Kinshasa -october 27/ 2007 http://www.iwpr.net/?p=acr&s=f&o=340092&apc_state=henh
Dirty war against women in Kivu in DRCSale guerre contre les femmes au Kivu en RDC, World March of DRC Women , Report on horrific and widespread sexual violence . Colette Braeckman, Special envoy in Walungu, Kaniola et Nzibira (South-Kivu,DRC Congo) Tuesday September 25, 2007, Courrier de la Marche Mondiale des Femmes N° 93, http://www.genreenaction.net/spip.php?article5816 (In French)
Sexual Violences in the Media (November/December 2007)
National campaign of struggle against sexual violence in RDC.
"The Unicef, the Monuc and the ministry of the Women's Condition throw, this Saturday November 24 in Bukavu, a national campaign of struggle against the sexual violence commited to women. The national campaign launched, this Saturday in Bukavu is going to revolve around the theme " Stop to the rape, now." It is in the setting of the joined action program of the United Nations system in conflict 's zones that the Unicef for the account of ten agencies entered in collaboration with "V-Day", an international organism, to launch a campaign in favor of the Democratic Republic of Congo. [...] ". Congo-Kinshasa: Bukavu: Beginning of the national campaign of struggle against sexual violence - The Potential (RDC) - November 23 2007 http://www.lepotentiel.com//afficher_article_archive.php?id_article=55809&id_edition=
4185&yearID=2007&monthID=11&dayID=23
Testimonies to the day of solidarity with victims of the violences sexual, DIA, Politics and society, November 17, 2007, http://www.dia-afrique.org/suite.php?newsid=1848
The FIDH found indignant the situation facing the scale of rapes and impunity in RDC, Le Monde, AFP, 16/11/2007, http://www.lemonde.fr/web/depeches/0,14-0,39-33256425@7-60,0.html
The FIDH made indignant facing the size of the rapes and to the impunity in RDC - AFP. Le Monde newspaper - November 11, 2007. http://www.lemonde.fr/web/depeches/0,14-0,39-33256425@7-60,0.html
A representative of the UN deplores the impunity of the authors of sexual violence in RDCONGO - November 7, 2007. XINHUA, http://www.jeuneafrique.com/pays/congo_rdc/article_depeche.asp?
art_cle=XIN70027unrepselleu0
Sexual violence, weapon of war in RDC, Beauties of Afrik, Tuesday November 6, 2007. By Wanted Baere, http://beaute.afrik.com/femmes.php?id_article=12812