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Title
Sexual rights violations during the conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 2005 and 2015 |
Full text
http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6991 |
Date
2019 |
Author(s)
Wa Baya, Mutombo Joseph |
Contributor(s)
Sloth-Nielsen, Julia |
Abstract
Magister Legum - LLM - This thesis examines the sexual rights violation in Eastern DRC, which has been described as the
worst in the world. The sexual violence against women and children in this country is systematic
and widespread and perpetrated by armed groups, and increasingly also by civilians.
The prosecution of sexual offences should contribute to the reduction of these offences, but the
Congolese state prosecutes very few cases. The resulting impunity became an obstacle to the state
to stop sexual violence, which become unable to overcome the obstacles to prosecutorial action.
The successful prosecution of sexual offenders in Eastern DRC faces many obstacles and requires
an exceptional jurisdiction which must provide a minimum of better freely conditions to the
prosecutors and better unrestrained justice access to the victims.
The enforcement of the international instruments of justice will be possible only by this
jurisdiction. The victims of sexual violence need more confidence in the jurisdiction which is really
working for them to attain justice. |
Subject(s)
DRC Constitution; Military law; The CAT; Eastern DRC; Civilians |
Language
en |
Publisher
University of the Western Cape |
Rights
University of the Western Cape |
Repository
Cape Town - Theses and Dissertations, University of Western Cape
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