Les oubliés du Kivu by Ray Lema
In the face of decades of strategic sexual violence in the east of Congo, in this music video Congolese artists Ray Lema, Faustin Linyekula, Kadiatu Kamara and Petna Ndaliko Katondolo are reckoning with the consequences both of speaking out and of staying silent. In an effort to bring attention—and an end—to the decimation of women and life in Congo, they salute the matriarchs leading the way, in particular the work of Goma-based Synergie des Femmes pour les Victimes des Violences Sexuelles, which has served more than 18,000 women since its creation. Please consider donating to them at Donor Direct Action. Song features Freddy Masamba, Balu Canta, and Rodrigo Viana; special appearance in the video by Bethlehem Meshesha.
In Conversation: Addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence through Transitional Justice
Behind the scenes of the one-day conference on ending impunity for conflict-related sexual violence. ART WORKS Projects and the Centre for Democracy and Development talk about the need to include programming on conflict-related sexual violence in transitional justice efforts.
Addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Through Transitional Justice
ART WORKS Projects in conversation with advocates to end impunity for perpetrators of sexual violence in conflict on June 27, 2019. This program included a presentation by Dr. Denis Mukwege of the Dr. Denis Mukwege Foundation as well as a screening of the AWP documentary The Prosecutors. This event was presented in partnership with the Centre for Democracy and Development and generously supported by the MacArthur Foundation.
Between the 10th and 13th June 2014, THE PROSECUTORS was shared with Summit attendees from over 100 countries and over 900 experts, NGOs, survivors, faith leaders, and international organisations that share our commitment to end sexual violence in conflict.
THE PROSECUTORS at the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict 2014
Between the 10th and 13th June 2014, THE PROSECUTORS was shared with Summit attendees from over 100 countries and over 900 experts, NGOs, survivors, faith leaders, and international organisations that share our commitment to end sexual violence in conflict.
Legal Capacity Building in Conflict Zones
Zainab Hawa Bangura is the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sexual Violence in Conflict and talks about legal capacity building in conflict zones.
Zainab Hawa Bangura is the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sexual Violence in Conflict and talks about UN Security Council Resolution 1820.
UN Security Council Resolution 1820
Zainab Hawa Bangura is the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sexual Violence in Conflict and talks about UN Security Council Resolution 1820.
Judicial Systems: Realities of Capacity Building
Charles-Guy Makongo is the Country Director of the American Bar Association’s (ABA ROLI) Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) program.
Photography: Michael Christopher Brown
Editing: Maren Wickwire
The Fizi Trial: Ending Impunity in the DRC
We explore ending impunity of sexual violence in conflict through the use of mobile courts and other transitional justice models with Galya Ruffer.
Photography and Editing: Maren Wickwire
Justice: A Positive Fear
Charles Guy Makongo, Country Director for the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative, discusses the idea that the presence of a judicial system, however, imperfect and threatened, can produce a positive fear that prevents violence.
Photography: Michael Christopher Brown
Editing: Maren Wickwire
The Missing Peace Symposium 2013:
Sexual Violence in Conflict and Post-Conflict Settings
In 2013, the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), the Human Rights Center at the University of California, Berkeley, the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), and Stockholm International Peace Research Institute North America (SIPRI North America) convened a group of expert scholars, policymakers, practitioners, and military and civil society actors to examine the issue of sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict settings, identify gaps in knowledge and reporting and explore how to increase the effectiveness of current responses to such violence.