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This report was researched and written by Juliane
Kippenberg, NGO Liaison in the Africa Division of Human Rights Watch.
Additional research was provided by Anneke van Woudenberg, Senior DRC
Researcher, Karen Stauss, DRC Researcher, and Pascal Kambale, Counsel in the
International Justice Program. The report was edited by Alison Des Forges,
Senior Advisor in the Africa Division. It was reviewed by Tony Tate, Africa
Researcher in the Children’s Rights Division, LaShawn Jefferson, Director of
the Women’s Rights Division, James Ross, Senior Legal Advisor, and Widney
Brown, Deputy Program Director. Lizzie Parsons and Andrea Holley provided
production assistance.
We would like to thank the victims who agreed to speak to us
about their experiences. We would also like to thank Congolese and
international non-governmental organizations that assisted us in the research
and shared their views. In particular we would like to thank those who
co-organized consultations on justice and sexual violence with us, namely La
Coalition contre les Violences Sexuelles, Initiative Congolaise pour la
Justice, et la Paix and Promotion et Appui aux Initiatives Féminines.
