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The main focus of the Coalition?s work is :

to promote the adequate prosecution of perpetrators of crimes of gender violence in transitional justice systems based in Africa, in order to create precedents that recognise violence against women in conflict situations
help find ways to obtain justice for women survivors of sexual violence

Coalition News!

December 18, 2009

Goma Forum issues urgent call to re-think efforts to end sexual violence in the Congo

February 11, 2009

Video from a public meeting with Bernadette Ntumba

Bernadette Ntumba, from the Territorial Commission (Uvira territory) has visited Rights & Democracy office for a lunchtime conference. Here is an excerpt, where we see Bernadette using the Women with 1000 hands metaphor to talk about the situation of women in Congo. (8 minutes - video in French).

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September 3, 2008

Coalition Calls Upon ICTY to Prosecute Radovan Karadzic for Sexual Violence

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Letter to the Prosecutor (PDF Document) | Word Document Source
IWHR Press Release (Word Document)
Questions/Answers (Word Document)

To voice your support

1. Write a letter requesting the amendment of the Karadzic indictment to include crimes of rape and sexual violence.

2. Address your letter to the attention of Mr. Serge Brammertz, Chief Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia.

3. Fax it to +31 (70) 512-5358.

July 16, 2008

United Nations Security Council resolution on rape as a war tactic: an analysis by Rights & Democracy

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April 9, 2008

Alert: Death Threats Made Against Congolese Women's Rights Activist

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January 22, 2008

Launch of www.drcsexualviolence.org

The site was launched as part of a conference on the Great Lakes Region in Africa.

More information on the Conference on Rights & Democracy Website

Sign the petition on www.drcsexualviolence.org

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