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Seven years have passed since the Democratic Republic of Congo has ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court without satisfying the obligation imposed on States parties to take necessary legal provisions to integrate the Rome Statute in their domestic legislation t...

Le rapport ci-joint, rédigé par l’ICTJ et la Fondation Kofi Annan, explore les postulats courants sur les raisons qui ont conduit à la création des commissions de vérité dans le sillage des conflits armés, et les facteurs les plus probables qui ont mené à leur succès – ou leur échec. ...

This paper provides a description of the brief proceedings against Callixte Mbarushimana and Sylvestre Mudacumura before the International Criminal Court.

This briefing paper provides an overview of the proceedings against Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo before the International Criminal Court. The conviction and sentence against Katanga signifies first final judgment of the ICC.

This briefing paper provides an overview of the proceedings against Thomas Lubanga before the International Criminal Court since the start of the prosecutor’s investigation in 2004 until the 2012 decisions of Trial Chamber I concerning the verdict, the sentence, and reparations. It id...

This report analyzes the response of Congolese judicial authorities to international crimes committed in the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2009 to 2014, with a particular focus on the war-torn East (North Kivu, South Kivu, and Ituri). It finds that the number ...

This briefing paper summarizes the findings of an ICTJ report (by the same name) on the judicial response to international crimes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It makes substantive recommendations to justice stakeholders in the DRC on how to advance prosecutions of internat...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC or Congo) presents a critical test for the International Criminal Court (ICC). All of the accused in current ICC trials are from DRC. This paper addresses the Court’s role in DRC regarding complementarity, peace, justice, victims, and affected com...

Alors que les défenseurs des droits humains et les représentants des États reconnaissent de plus en plus la nécessité d’impliquer les enfants dans les processus de recherche de la vérité, il y a un besoin croissant d’outils pratiques facilitant la participation des enfants tout en pri...