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UN RIGHTS EXPERT RAISES ALARM ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN DR CONGO:
06/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)
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UNITED NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network /
- 06 December 2007 --
Raising alarm about abuses in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (DRC), especially the volatile eastern region, an
independent United Nations human rights expert is calling for measures to
protect civilians there.
Following
an eight-day visit to the DRC that concluded on Wednesday, Titinga Frederic
Pacere, the UN Independent Expert on Human Rights for the DRC, said that the
situation was “alarming” and called for international support to resolve the
problems facing the country.
During
his third visit to the DRC, the independent expert met with the presidents of
the National Assembly, the Senate and the High Military Court, as well as the
Auditor General, the Justice and Defence Ministers, and the Vice Minister of
Foreign Affairs.
Mr.
Pacere also visited Bukavu in South Kivu province, where he met the provincial
governor, provincial assembly ministers, as well as civil, judicial and military
authorities.
According
to the UN Mission in the DRC (MONUC), the expert used the meetings to call on
the governmental, legislative and judicial authorities to invest in the fight
against impunity and sexual violence, two plagues which are undermining the
DRC's stability.
In an
interview held at MONUC headquarters, Mr. Pacere stressed the need to tackle
violence in the east, where forces loyal to renegade General Laurent Nkunda are
battling government troops (FARDC).
Mr.
Pacere said that the state of the DRC justice system was also “alarming,
because as long as there is impunity, it breeds more impunity.”
He also
called for the creation of an international criminal court for the DRC “to
deal with the high level of criminality” as well as five special criminal
courts located in different parts of the vast country.
Mr.
Pacere said that during his visit he observed the efforts on the part of the
public authorities and other players. “But the deficiencies and challenges are
enormous in this domain, and the international community, through their support
at all levels, must find a solution to the human rights problems.”
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