Ten years ago , the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights published the report of its human rights mapping exercise on Congo.
The report covers the most serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law committed in the country between March 1993 and June 2003.
Reportedly, more than 4million Congolese died as a direct or indirect result of the conflicts, more than 40,000 girls and women were victims of sexual violence and around three million people were displaced.
But none of the crimes have been brought to trial, an account that has been strongly denouced by the Congolese citizens , such as Dr Denis Mukwege, the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
The report documents 617 violent incidents, covering all provinces, and describes the role of all the main Congolese and foreign parties responsible - including military or armed groups from Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, and Angola.
The mapping exercise was conducted with the support of the Congolese government. However, the Congolese justice system has neither the capacity nor sufficient guarantees of independence to adequately ensure justice for these crimes according to Human Rights Watch.
10 ans de #RapportMapping: À #Goma,La société civile via les organisations féminines, Mouvements citoyens marchent pacifiquement pour l'application des recommandations du Rapport. Avoir un tribunal international pour la RDC et la publication des annexes @luchaRDC @DenisMukwege pic.twitter.com/MrJaGqX1QP
— Espoir Ngalukiye (@EspoirNgalukiye) October 1, 2020
"Le rapport de mapping de l'ONU est un rappel puissant de la gravité des crimes commis au Congo et de l'absence choquante de justice" . "Rares ont été les civils, congolais et étrangers, vivant sur le territoire de la #RDC qui ont pu échapper à ces violences". https://t.co/u0j3pMghvb
— Rapport_Mapping (@MappingRapport) August 25, 2020
