Kenyatta Mirindi and Penelope Abraham, of the UK Justice Congo Group, submitted a written statement to the 52nd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in conjunction with the Next Century Foundation regarding human rights violations in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
They call for the full publication and urgent implementation of the recommendations of Robert Garreton’s Mapping Report of 2009, commissioned by the United Nations, and of the 2022 UN report into war crimes, arguing that reconciliation is dependent upon justice and accountability. They call for justice for victims of rape as a weapon of war and emphasise the fundamental need to address the role of ‘conflict minerals’, as well as the intervention of Rwanda and other East African Community states, in the DRC.
Read their written statement here.
To find out more about the work of the UK Justice Congo Group, who campaign to raise awareness of human rights abuses and bring an end to conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, please refer to the following resources:
Website: justicecongogroup.org
Email: justicecongo610@gmail.com
Facebook: Justice Congo Group
Twitter: @JstceCongoGroup
