Documents on Central African Republic

Declaration from the Dungu Workshop

Written statement
Nov 11, 2011

From October 20 to 23, Human Rights Watch and the Justice and Peace Commission of the Catholic Diocese of Dungu (CDJP) hosted a four-day workshop in Dungu, northern Democratic Republic of Congo, to consider the continued threat to civilians by the Ugandan rebel group, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).
Letter to Central African Republic President François Bozizé From Civil Society Representatives in LRA-affected areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic and South Sudan

Letter
Nov 11, 2011
Letter to President Barack Obama From Civil Society Representatives in LRA-affected areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic and South Sudan

Letter
Nov 11, 2011
Obama Sends Military Support to Help Combat LRA Rebels

Impact
Oct 20, 2011

Last week the Obama administration said it would send 100 US military advisers to central Africa to help the region’s armies combat the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a vicious Ugandan rebel group. Human Rights Watch has pressed the US government to help bring the LRA’s murderous leadership to justice, even appealing directly to President Barack Obama.
US/Central Africa: Protect Civilians From LRA Abuses

Press release
May 23, 2011

The United States government should step up efforts to protect civilians in central Africa from abuses by the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a coalition of 39 human rights and humanitarian organizations said today. The organizations urged the Obama administration to appoint a special envoy for the African Great Lakes region with a mandate extending to LRA-affected areas, to support stronger United Nations peacekeeping and to intensify efforts to arrest three LRA leaders being sought by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Letter to President Obama regarding US implementation of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008

Letter
Apr 12, 2011

Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Open Society Foundations, and World Vision write to President Obama regarding US implementation of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008, and specifically, the failure of your administration to fulfill its pledge to secure concrete progress by the governments of Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), (South) Sudan, and Yemen in ending their use of children as soldiers.
Urgent Appeal to President Obama from Central African Civil Society on Ending the Menace of the Lord's Resistance Army

Letter
Dec 21, 2010

34 civil society, human rights, and religious groups in northern Congo, Central African Republic, and Southern Sudan write to President Obama, calling for urgent implementation of the new strategy released by the US government last month on tackling the problem of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
President Obama: Rapid Action Needed on Central Africa Violence

Press release
Nov 25, 2010

President Barack Obama should move swiftly to implement a strategy released on November 24, 2010, to stop atrocities committed by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and help affected communities rebuild. The rebel group has carried out one of the world's longest-running and most brutal insurgencies.
ICC: Trial Opens for Congo’s Ex-Vice President

Press release
Nov 22, 2010

Judges of Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will begin hearing evidence on Monday, November 22, 2010, in the trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, a former vice president of Congo, rebel leader, and leader of Congo's main opposition party.
ICC: Q&A on the Trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba

Q & A
Nov 22, 2010

On Monday, November 22, 2010, in The Hague, judges of Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Court will begin hearing evidence in the trial against Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, a former vice president of Congo, rebel leader, and leader of Congo's main opposition party. The Bemba trial will be the ICC's first stemming from its investigation of serious crimes in the Central African Republic.