In a letter addressed to the United Nations Security Council today, Human Rights Watch urged members to use their visit to the Great Lakes region of Central Africa to help end human rights abuses and impunity for the worst crimes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Calling for the Security Council to adopt a resolution that required Rwanda to end all support to the M23 army, the Human Rights Watch Africa director, Daniel Bekele, stressed,
“Civilians in eastern Congo have suffered atrocities without end, but very few of those responsible are ever brought to justice. Security Council members should use their visit to press governments in the region to end all support for abusive armed groups and to arrest war crimes suspects.”