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Dr. Denis Mukwege co-founded and runs Panzi hospital, a General Referral hospital in Bukavu, in the Eastern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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A high level panel convened by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is calling for more support for victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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An interview with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on the release of a 550-page report listing 617 of the most serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law over a 10-year period…
- Sexual Violence
Women of the Democratic Republic of Congo are starting to fight back, pressing for justice as a fundamental human right in the face of appalling sexual violence. For years now, rape has been used as a tactic of war in the…
KHOST - Despite some improvements in reducing incidents of violence against women in Khost province, cases of domestic violence affecting women have increased in the province, officials from the Provincial Women’s Affairs…
KUNDUZ - Government officials in northeastern Kunduz province stressed the importance of close cooperation among various Government departments and international organizations while implementing the National Priority…
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Mbuji-Mayi, 3 September 2012 - A five day-training workshop on human rights and international humanitarian law organized by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) of Mbuji-Mayi ended on 31st August 2012. The…
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The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), Mr. Abou Moussa, left Libreville (Gabon) on 5 September to Kampala (Uganda). He will represent the UN…
KANDAHAR - The provincial peace committee has decided to commemorate peace week, from 20 to 25 September, in Kandahar by organizing several events, said Haji Atha Mohammad Khan, the head of the Kandahar peace committee, at a…
5 September 2012 - Prisons were moving away from punishment to rehabilitation of detainees, a top official in South Sudan's prison service said today in Juba. Speaking at a one-day workshop, Abel Makoi Wol, director general…
4 September 2012 - Toby Lanzer, UNMISS Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, meeting with Jonglei State Governor Kuol Manyang Juuk in Pibor. The governor said the state was generally stable, although poor…
KABUL - A nationwide awareness raising campaign on “Police Taking Action to Combat Violence Against Women and Girls in Afghanistan” kicked off yesterday with the aim to support and improve capacity of the police officers, who…