On July 8, Human Rights Watch released “Covered in Blood,” a 57-page report documenting massive crimes against humanity and ethnic killings in the Congo province of Ituri. Exactly one week later, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced that the Democratic Republic of Congo, and in particular its northeastern province of Ituri, will be the new court’s most urgent investigative priority. The prosecutor, Luis Moreno Ocampo, used Human Rights Watch’s facts and figures about Ituri in making his announcement.
CONGO: Advocacy Gets Results
Your tax deductible gift can help stop human rights violations and save lives around the world.
Region / Country
Most Viewed
-
March 28, 2024
Saudi Arabia: Football Fans Imprisoned for Chant
-
March 27, 2024
Yemen: Houthis Sentence Men to Death, Flogging
-
March 28, 2024
Mali: Army, Wagner Group Atrocities Against Civilians
-
March 28, 2024
Syrians Face Dire Conditions in Turkish-Occupied ‘Safe Zone’
-
November 25, 2019
A Dirty Investment