2021
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

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 women, girls and men. These armed conflicts have led to the metamorphosis of the concept of ‘crime’ with the emergence of new forms of sexual violence, particularly the widespread sexual violence used by armed groups as… Show more

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