La culture de l’impunité alimente grandement la récurrence des conflits et la perpétuation des crimes les plus graves, notamment ceux à caractère sexuels et sexistes, et constitue donc un obstacle majeur à l’instauration d’un Etat de droit et au rétablissement d’une paix durable en République Démocratique du Congo (RDC). Les décennies de dictature et de […]
Joint-Statement
The culture of impunity greatly fuels the recurrence of conflicts and the perpetuation of the most serious crimes, particularly those of a sexual and gender-based nature, and is therefore a major obstacle to the establishment of the rule of law and the restoration of lasting peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Decades of […]
On this day of Genocost, which means “genocide for economic gain,” our thoughts go out to all the direct and indirect victims of countless crimes committed over decades for economic and geostrategic interests. These atrocities, which defy the imagination and should deeply shock the human conscience, have been perpetrated since the mid-1990s in the Democratic […]
En cette journée du Génocost, qui signifie « le génocide pour des gains économiques », nos pensées vont à toutes les victimes directes et indirectes des crimes innombrables commis depuis des décennies pour des intérêts économiques et géostratégiques. Ces atrocités, qui défient l’imagination et devraient heurter profondément la conscience humaine, sont perpétrées depuis le milieu […]
On Thursday July 20, Panzi Foundation deployed a team to the Don Bosco camps in Goma, bringing food to 3,915 displaced families and hygiene and dignity kits to 2,884 women. This intervention is particularly aimed at women and girls who are at higher risk of sexual and gender-based violence when displaced by conflict. The project […]
This is a very serious time. I was deeply dismayed to learn of the kidnapping and subsequent murder in Kinshasa of the Honorable Chérubin OKENDE SENGA, national deputy and honorary minister. This heinous crime has just been committed in the run-up to general elections, in a context of repression of political opposition, dangerous curtailment of […]
L’heure est très grave. C’est avec une vive consternation que j’ai appris l’enlèvement suivi de l’assassinat à Kinshasa de l’Honorable Chérubin OKENDE SENGA, député national et ministre honoraire. Ce crime odieux vient d’être commis à l’approche des élections générales dans un contexte de répression de l’opposition politique, de rétrécissement dangereux des libertés et de terreur […]
My dear compatriots,Dear brothers and sisters, It is with great sorrow that I learned the sad news of the natural and human disaster caused by the floods in the territory of Kelehe following the torrential rains that have been falling on the region for several days. The toll is heavy — more than 170 dead, […]
Mes chers compatriotes, Chers frères et sœurs, C’est avec beaucoup de peine que j’ai appris la triste nouvelle de la catastrophe naturelle et humaine hautement dommageable causée par les inondations dans le territoire de Kalehe suite aux fortes pluies qui s’abattent sur la région depuis quelques jours. Le bilan est lourd, plus de 170 morts, […]
March is widely known as Women’s History Month, a season in which we celebrate the resilience and achievements of women and girls around the globe. It is also an opportunity for reflection, and a solemn reminder that for many around the globe, womanhood is not celebrated, and instead a cause of their oppression. As March […]