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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10322

24 February 2011
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/drc
Commission hails step towards ending rape impunity

Brussels, 23/02/2011 (Agence Europe) - On behalf of the European Commission, Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs has welcomed the guilty verdicts against nine Congolese soldiers tried for sexual violence in South Kivu. He sees in this a step forward in the struggle against impunity on gang rape used as a weapon of war. The issue was, indeed, due to feature centrally in his discussions on Wednesday 23 February with UN High Commissioner for Human, Rights Navi Pillay to identify areas for...

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