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The Congo Rape Crisis – And What Lawyers Are Doing About It (2 of 2)

April 13, 2009 – 6:30 am

Part II: The Road Back From Hell

Courtesy Unicef

A conflict from neighboring Rwanda spilled over into the Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, leading to a brutal war that claimed 5 million lives.  In its wake, Congo’s ineffectual government does little while armed gangs continue to roam eastern Congo, raping women on a scale that…

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The Congo Rape Crisis – And What Lawyers Are Doing About It (1 of 2)

April 6, 2009 – 7:30 am

Part I: Darker Than The Heart Of Darkness

This is a story from a beautiful place, mostly without laws of any sort, where vast human rights abuses against women defy description.  Among other things, it’s a story of why, seventeen years after law school, I finally joined the American  Bar Association.

You may not know that the world’s…

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