Verdicts in Latest DR Congo Rape Trial Show Justice is Possible – UN Envoy

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–10 March 2011 – The United Nations envoy on sexual violence in conflict has welcomed the guilty verdicts handed down by a military court in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) against 11 army officers for crimes committed last year, saying it shows that efforts to end impunity are producing results.

The case involved the rapes of 24 women that took place in Katasomwa, approximately 25 kilometres southwest of Kalehe in South Kivu…