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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Friday filed an application instituting proceedings against Rwanda over decades of war crimes and violence perpetrated in the country’s east. The Congolese government filed the case with the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the United Nations ‘ principal court for disputes between states.
The DRC accused Rwanda of bearing direct responsibility for years of ‘abuses,’ including massacres, displacement, and atrocities in the easternmost parts of the DRC, which directly border Rwanda. The application concerns “abuses attributable to Rwanda over a period extending from 1996 to the present day,” the ICJ said in its statement, confirming it had received the DRC’s application to initiate proceedings.
In its filing, the DRC claimed that Rwanda violated international law through a long pattern of violence in the east of the country. It said the alleged abuses included killings, sexual violence, torture, forced displacement, and attacks on civilians. The case comes after years of worsening tensions between the countries, with the Congolese government repeatedly accusing Rwanda of supporting armed groups operating in eastern DRC, particularly the M23 rebel group, which has seized large areas of territory in recent years. Rwanda has denied backing the group, saying instead that it is acting in response to security threats near its border.
The DRC stated that the abuses have “primarily targeted Hutus present on Zairian, and subsequently Congolese, territory following the genocide against the Tutsi in 1994” in Rwanda. However, the filing added that other Congolese ethnic groups, including the Nyindu, Bembe, Nande, Lega, Hunde, and Bashi, have also been targeted.
“The civilian populations of eastern DRC have been victims of massacres, extrajudicial executions, acts of torture, sexual violence, forced displacement, and discrimination,” the Congolese government said in its statement, describing suffering amongst the locals of an “exceptional magnitude.”
The eastern DRC has been trapped in cycles of violence for decades. The region is home to many armed groups, and civilians have often been caught between rebel forces, government troops, and foreign-backed militias. Millions of people have been displaced, while many communities have faced repeated attacks.
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The DRC accused Rwanda of bearing direct responsibility for years of ‘abuses,’ including massacres, displacement, and atrocities in the easternmost parts of the DRC, which directly border Rwanda. The application concerns “abuses attributable to Rwanda over a period extending from 1996 to the present day,” the ICJ said in its statement, confirming it had received the DRC’s application to initiate proceedings.
In its filing, the DRC claimed that Rwanda violated international law through a long pattern of violence in the east of the country. It said the alleged abuses included killings, sexual violence, torture, forced displacement, and attacks on civilians. The case comes after years of worsening tensions between the countries, with the Congolese government repeatedly accusing Rwanda of supporting armed groups operating in eastern DRC, particularly the M23 rebel group, which has seized large areas of territory in recent years. Rwanda has denied backing the group, saying instead that it is acting in response to security threats near its border.
The DRC stated that the abuses have “primarily targeted Hutus present on Zairian, and subsequently Congolese, territory following the genocide against the Tutsi in 1994” in Rwanda. However, the filing added that other Congolese ethnic groups, including the Nyindu, Bembe, Nande, Lega, Hunde, and Bashi, have also been targeted.
“The civilian populations of eastern DRC have been victims of massacres, extrajudicial executions, acts of torture, sexual violence, forced displacement, and discrimination,” the Congolese government said in its statement, describing suffering amongst the locals of an “exceptional magnitude.”
The eastern DRC has been trapped in cycles of violence for decades. The region is home to many armed groups, and civilians have often been caught between rebel forces, government troops, and foreign-backed militias. Millions of people have been displaced, while many communities have faced repeated attacks.
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