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8/3/2019 Infographic: Congolese violence
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SUDAN
CONGO
LIBERIA
IVORYCOAST
PAYS-BAS
La Haye
The mostfamous accused
IN MINUTES News and events — visually
The day after the former Ivorian head of state appeared before theInternational Criminal Court (ICC), demonstrations against electionproceedings in Congo became unruly in two Canadian cities. Theelection, marred by violence and massive logistical problems, hasmany similarities with the case against the country’s formerpresident, Laurent Gbagbo.
Sources: Reuters; AFP; Radio-Canada; Le Figaro; RFI.fr
CONGOLESE VIOLENCE
Against whom?
What is the ICC?A tribunal held in The Hague (Netherlands) to try the perpetra-tors of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Who can enter? In which case?• One of 119signatories.
• The prosecutor afterapproval of a Board ofJudges.
• The Security Councilof the UN (the ICC’s jurisdiction may beexercised in anon-signatory).
• The ICC will act only if a nationalcourt cannot or will not consideritself an acknowledgment.
• The perpetrators of warcrimes, genocide, crimesagainst humanity (torture,rape, deportation ...)committed after July 1, 2002.
Charles Taylor
Former President of Liberia. Imprisoned inApril 2006. Must respond to eleven chargesincluding incitement to civil war between1989 and 2003. Pending case.
Gbagbo is the first former head of state to be triedby the ICC. He is being prosecuted on four countsof crimes against humanity: Murder, rape and othersexual violence, persecution and other inhumanacts, between Nov. 28, 2010 and May 2011.
According to his arrest warrant, there arereasonable grounds to believe that
Gbagbo and his “inner circle” allegedlyplanned to target civilians.
Congoleseprotests inCanada
Elections
TORONTO
OTTAWA
• At least three people were arrested after
demonstrators threw rocks, fired air guns andspray painted the DRC Embassy in Ottawa
• One man was injured by a thrown rock• Police were forced to use pepper spray and a
stun gun to disperse/arrest protesters• One RCMP ocer suered minor injuries• Police vehicles were damaged
Congolese protesters tookto the streets in Toronto
and Ottawa to bringattention to theircountry’s election. Theprotesters believe theelections were fixed and theywant political leaders in the U.S.and Canada to take action.
• A small group of protesters became violent• Three people were arrested• No one was injured• Reports of dirt being thrown at police
ocers
18 people killed,
100 injuredin violence leading up
to the Nov. 28 vote.
SUSAN BATSFORD, GRAPHICS EDITOR, TWITTER @SBATS1; I NFOGRAPHIC BY TARA CORRAN/QMI AGENCY
Joseph Kabila
Jean-Pierre Bemba
Former Vice President of the DemocraticRepublic of Congo. Incarcerated in July2008. Accused of sexual crimes, warcrimes and crimes against humanitycommitted during the incursions of itstroops in the Central African Republic(from October 2002 to March 2003).
Omar el-Bechir
President of Sudanaccused of genocide,crimes againsthumanity and war
crimes in Darfur.Case pending.
Early reports suggest CongolesePresident Joseph Kabila appears to havewon another five years in oce withnearly half the vote. The country will not
know ocially until Thursday due to a48 hour delay in the release of finalresults. Mass protests have been
promised by opposition leaders ifKabila is declared the winner,
with many fearing the nationcould return to the conflict
of the past decades.
Dec. 6 is the day the Deomcratic Republicof Congo was supposed to learn who theirnext president would be, yet that date hascome and gone. The government hasblocked text message comunications,banks are closing, hotels emptying and riotpolice patrol the streets.