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July 24, 2019 Report

Central African Republic: New Court Should Step Up Effort
Donors, Government Should Increase Support

Français 201907ij_CAR_SCC_main International Special Prosecutor Toussaint Muntazini (left) and former Central African Republic prime minister Mathieu Simplice Sarandji (right) at the inaugural session of the Special Criminal Court on October 22, 2018 that marked the official launch of the court& ...
May 23, 2019 Dispatches

A Call for Justice in Africa’s Great Lakes Region
Nairobi Conference Commits to Greater Efforts to Fight Impunity, Defend Rights

Français Expand Jean Baptiste Nguondija, a resident of Ngbada, Central African Republic, by the grave of his 10 year-old daughter Nathana Poura. Nguondija has lost 5 children since the conflict began in 2013. ©2015 Lewis Mudge/Human Rights Watch Last week, the International Conference on the Great ...
April 24, 2019 News Release

Central African Republic: Don’t Reward Warlords
Militia Leaders Should Face Justice Instead

for Peace in the Central African Republic (Unité pour la paix en Centrafrique, UPC), Mahamat Al Khatim, ... remarquable dans la mise en oeuvre de l'accord de paix en #RCA avec cette visite conjointe #UA- #UN et ...
April 18, 2019 Dispatches

Without Justice in the Central African Republic, ‘Everything Else is Wrecked’
Special Criminal Court Critical to Accountability for Past Crimes

Français wr2014_car13 Residents of Bossangoa, Central African Republic, lie on the ground of the compound of FOMAC, the regional peacekeeping Multinational Force of Central Africa, on December 5, 2013. The residents had fled from gunfire from anti-balaka forces. FOMAC troops tried to protect people ...
March 19, 2019 Commentary

Just One Month In, Optimism Around CAR’s Peace Deal Is Fading

201710africa_car_violence09 Anti-Balaka fighter in Gambo, Mboumou province, Central African Republic, on August 16, 2017. © 2017 Alexis Huguet Français There is no doubt a peace deal could be transformative for the Central African Republic. Armed groups control 80 percent of the territory. Tens of ...
May 17, 2018 Report

“Looking for Justice”
The Special Criminal Court, a New Opportunity for Victims in the Central African Republic

“MINUSCA Fact Sheet,” United Nations Peacekeeping, https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/mission/minusca (accessed ...
December 12, 2018 Dispatches

Justice Moves Ahead in the Central African Republic
Arrest of Former Militia Leader a Welcome Step

Français On December 12, Patrice Edouard Ngaissona, a one-time self-declared political coordinator of anti-balaka militias, was arrested in France on International Criminal Court (ICC) charges. With his arrest, the prospects for justice for grave crimes committed during the Central African Republic ...
November 19, 2018 News Release

Central African Republic/ICC: New Chance for Justice
ICC Takes Custody of First Suspect in Second Investigation

Français 2016-6-IJ-ICC-AU Français (Nairobi) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) has a new opportunity to deliver justice to victims in the Central African Republic as it takes its first suspect into custody in its investigation of serious crimes committed in the country since 2012. Alfred ...
August 24, 2018 News Release

Central African Republic: Bar Amnesty for Atrocity Crimes
Political Dialogue Should Not Absolve War Criminals

Français (Bangui) – A general amnesty as part of the political dialogue in the Central African Republic would be incompatible with the government’s duty to bring those responsible for grave international crimes to justice and with victims’ rights to accountability, five Central African and ...
July 5, 2017 Report

Killing Without Consequence
War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and the Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic

and the Union for Peace in the Central African Republic (l'Union pour la Paix en Centrafrique, UPC) fought ... Republic (l'Union pour la Paix en Centrafrique, UPC) The UPC is a splinter group from the Popular ...
May 24, 2018 News Release

Central African Republic: Adopt Special Court Rules
Parliament Should Act Without Delay

Français 201805IJ_CAR_SCCfront Congolese Special Prosecutor Toussaint Muntazini (R) and the five other judges of the Special Criminal Court (SCC)—which is to investigate and prosecute crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in the Central African Republic since 2003—sit at the National ...
May 23, 2018 Dispatches

Central African Republic Showcases a Justice Model in Africa
Special Criminal Court will try War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity

Français 201805IJ_CAR_SCCfront Congolese Special Prosecutor Toussaint Muntazini (R) and the five other judges of the Special Criminal Court (SCC)—which is to investigate and prosecute crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in the Central African Republic since 2003—sit at the National ...
May 17, 2018 Interview

Interview: A Rare Chance at Justice in the Central African Republic

Français Until now, how has the justice system in the Central African Republic tried to deal with cases surrounding the conflict? No one has been prosecuted for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Central African Republic. Lack of justice has fueled further crimes. When no one is ...
May 17, 2018 News Release

Central African Republic: Crucial Court For Victims
Special Criminal Court Makes Progress, Needs International Support

Français 201805IJ_CAR_SCCfront Congolese Special Prosecutor Toussaint Muntazini (R) and the five other judges of the Special Criminal Court (SCC)—which is to investigate and prosecute crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in the Central African Republic since 2003—sit at the National ...
November 14, 2017 Commentary

A Steep Slope Awaits the Wheels of Justice in Central African Republic

Expand Destroyed homes in the Paris-Congo neighborhood of Alindao, Central African Republic. UPC fighters and armed Muslim civilians attacked the area on May 9, 2017. © 2017 Lewis Mudge/Human Rights Watch It is too seldom that justice for grave crimes is pursued locally in a country that ...
July 5, 2017 Video

Video: Justice Needed for War Crimes in the Central African Republic

Language English Français Armed groups in the Central African Republic have killed civilians with wholesale impunity, spurring more violence in the war-torn country. Human Rights Watch documented war crimes committed in three central provinces since late 2014, including more than 560 civilian ...
June 19, 2017 Q & A

Ten Questions about the drawdown of the US Counter LRA-Operation

Expand Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan commander in the Lord's Resistance Army, waits for the start of court proceedings at the International Criminal Court in The Hague January 26, 2015. © 2016 Reuters 1. Who are the LRA? 2. What has the LRA been fighting for all these years? 3. ...
July 4, 2017 Photo Essay

Killing Without Consequence

Français Africa Central African Republic Seleka Arms Attacks on Education International Justice International Criminal Court Peace and Justice Migrants Refugee Rights Internally Displaced People Migrants Sexual Violence and Rape ...
September 15, 2011 Report

Unfinished Business
Closing Gaps in the Selection of ICC Cases

Language English Français Introduction In March 2011 the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Luis Moreno-Ocampo, opened the court’s latest investigation—in Libya. The previous month, the United Nations (UN) Security Council had referred the situation in Libya to the ICC prosecutor ...
June 28, 2017 Map

Map of attacks in the Central African Republic Ouaka province

Language English Arms Refugees and Migrants International Justice International Criminal Court Peace and Justice Migrants Refugee Rights Internally Displaced People Migrants Sexual Violence and Rape Africa Central African Republic Seleka ...