Congo Takes Rwanda to World Court Over Decades of Atrocities — and Asks Belgium to Return Its Dead

Jul 1, 2026 - 01:00
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Congo Takes Rwanda to World Court Over Decades of Atrocities — and Asks Belgium to Return Its Dead
The Democratic Republic of Congo filed proceedings against Rwanda at the International Court of Justice in the week of its 66th independence anniversary, in what victims’ groups and government officials are describing as the most significant international accountability action the country has ever taken — while simultaneously pressing Belgium to return more than 500 human […]