Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo "Still Massacre and Sexual Violence"

Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo "Still Massacre and Sexual Violence" September 29, 5:50

An online seminar was held to think about the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in central Africa, and participants are still responsible for the slaughter of civilians and sexual violence against women in international courts and elsewhere. Opinions were made asking for the whereabouts.

The report on the damage caused by the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo released by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in 2010 is based on testimony, including 617 civilian slaughter and sexual violence against women in the 10 years up to 2003. For the first time, we systematically summarized the serious human rights violations of the United Nations, which was one of the triggers for the international community to take an interest in conflict at that time.

Ten years after the release of the report, a Japanese NPO held an online seminar to think about the conflict.

Among them, Professor Jean Claude Maswana of Ritsumeikan University, who is from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, pointed out that "the report describes the actual situation of genocide and sexual violence, but the world remains silent," he said. He criticized the indifference of the international community, including.

"We should try crimes against violence and human rights abuses," said Shar Onana, who is familiar with African conflicts, and called for clarification of responsibility in judicial settings such as international courts.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, it is said that millions of people were killed in the ongoing fighting between government troops and multiple armed groups over the rights to underground resources.

Nobel Peace Prize Dr. Mukwege "It is important to be discussed"

Dr. Denis Mukwege of the Democratic Republic of the Congo received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018 for the treatment of women who were victims of sexual violence by armed groups.

Dr. Mukwege told NHK in August that "the massacre is still going on. It is very important that this report be taken up and discussed," 10 years after the report was released. Even so, I am criticizing the current situation that has not changed.