DAKAR, Senegal — Congolese Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Denis Mukwege says an international criminal tribunal is urgently needed to prosecute mass atrocities, including widespread sexual violence, that continue to go unpunished in his country. Mukwege’s call comes 10 years after the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights released a report describing numerous violations of human rights and international …
BRUSSELS — Congolese Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Denis Mukwege has urged European Union nations to bring people accused of war crimes and other major abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo to justice. Speaking to EU lawmakers via video-link on Monfsy, Mukwege called on member states to use the principle of “universal jurisdiction.” This allows victims in a country …
