Amnesty International is urging the Congolese government to hand over Bosco Ntaganda, the Congolese former leader of armed groups, to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to face trial. [...] Despite an arrest warrant issued by the ICC in 2006, Bosco Ntaganda has been promoted into the rank of general in the Congolese army, a position that he is still occupying to date. [...] Amnesty International considers that it is high time for the DRC government to deliver on the promise of justice for victims by arresting and surrendering him for trial before the ICC. [...] However, in order to ensure the safety of the civilian population, Amnesty International considers that such operation should be done with the support of the UN peacekeeping mission in DRC, MONUSCO, which has a mandate to protect civilians. [...] The 2011 report, The Time for Justice is Now!: New Strategy Needed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo1, described how the justice system is unable to protect witnesses and victims, enforce its own rulings or even keep convicted prisoners behind bars.
- Index number
- AFR 62/004/2012
- Published in
- United Kingdom
