The United Nations suspects all parties to the conflict, Dr. Congo in war crimes Conflict news

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights calls on Volcker Turk accountability for the victims of atrocities.

Violations of the total rights may be, perhaps including war crimes and crimes against humanity Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)According to the United Nations investigators.

A mission to act by the United Nations Human Rights Office said on Friday that it had decided that all parties in the devastating conflict had committed violations since late 2024, including brief executions and rampant sexual violence in northern and southern provinces.

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The Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, an area on the border with Rwanda, was afflicted by NGOs and has suffered from severe violence for more than three decades.

Since I bore weapons again at the end of 2021, the M23 armed group seized land areas in the comfortable area with the support of Rwanda, which led to an armed conflict with the Army of the Republic of Democrats, which led to a dilapidated humanitarian crisis that killed thousands and explained at least seven million people.

While multiple human rights bodies and the United Nations accused the parties in the conflict of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from the grave atrocities, this is the first United Nations report to find that these violations may constitute crimes against humanity.

“The atrocities described in this report are horrific,” the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said in a statement in a statement.

The report added that the results “confirm the gravity and the wide nature of the violations and violations committed by all parties in the conflict, including acts that may constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity.”

M23 seized JumaThe largest city in East DRC, in January and continued to achieve gains across north of Kivu and South Kivu.

The United Nations report found that the M23 led by the ethnic tots carried out the executions of a summary, torture, and enforced disappearance-which might rise to the level of crimes against humanity.

The group also used systematic sexual violence, including the rape of gangs, to a large extent against women, with the intention of “analyzing, punishing and breaking the dignity of the victims.”

She added that the M23 received training and operational support from the Rwandan Defense Forces, and there are reliable allegations of the presence of Rwandan employees in M23.

Rwanda has repeatedly denied the support of M23 and says that its forces act in self -defense against the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Ethnic Hugo militia associated with the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

The report also found that the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the armed groups, such as militia fighters supporting the government known as Wazalendo, have committed serious violations, including gang rape, deliberate civil killing, and looting.

In August, a separate United Nations report found that health care providers in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo were more than one. 17,000 victims of sexual violence From January to May in 2024.

After the mediation by Qatar, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the rebels signed a announcement of the principles on July 19, pledged to start negotiating a peace agreement in August.

The sides have so far The deadline To reach the peace agreement.