Uganda in Eastern DRC

List of Acronyms

Acknowledgments

I. Summary

II. Recommendations

Human Rights Watch calls upon the Ugandan government to:

Human Rights Watch calls upon the Congolese Rally for Democracy-Liberation Movement (RCD-ML) and the Front for the Liberation of Congo (FLC) to:

Human Rights Watch calls upon the Mai-Mai, Hema and Lendu militia, and other armed groups operating in northeastern Congo to:

Human Rights Watch recommendations to the United Nations Security Council:

Human Rights Watch urges the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to adopt a resolution that:

Human Rights Watch calls upon the United Nations (U.N.), Organization of African Unity (O.A.U.), the Southern Africa Development Community (S.A.D.C.), the European Union, the United States, and other international actors to:

Human Rights Watch calls upon Olara Otunnu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflicts to:

III. Political Confusion

The Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD)

RCD-Kisangani

The Congolese Rally for Democracy-Liberation Movement (RCD-ML)

The RCD-ML military

The Constant Coup d'état

Abuses Related to Political Rivalries

The Congolese Rally for Democracy-National (RCD-National)

The Congolese Rally for Democracy-Populaire (RCD-Populaire)

The Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC)

The Front for the Liberation of Congo (FLC): A Merger or Takeover?

Kampala Negotiations

Local Consequences

IV. Ethnic Strife: Hema against Lendu

The First Round of Killings, June-December 1999

Administrative Changes: The Creation of Ituri Province

The Role of Ugandan Soldiers

Ugandan Response

UPDF Role in Training RCD-ML Recruits in 2000

Lack of Unity in the APC

Ethnic Strife Linked to Political Rivalries

Mediation Efforts and Reconciliation

V. Human Rights Abuses in North Kivu

Exploiting the Wealth

Attempts to Build a Power Base

Lack of Accountability for the Rebels and the UPDF

Mai-Mai Attack on Beni and Detentions by the UPDF

Lubero: UPDF Training of Mai-Mai Fighters

Mai-Mai Attack on Butembo

Civilian Killings by the UPDF

Maboya

Mabuku

Butuhe

Mabalako

North Kivu under the Front for the Liberation of Congo (FLC)

VI. International Humanitarian Law..

Recruitment of Children

VII. International Response

The United Nations

The Security Council

The U.N. Commission on Human Rights

The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

International Financial Institutions

The European Union

The United States

Mission Statement