ICJ: Democratic Republic Of Congo Institutes Proceedings Against Rwanda.

Hague; June 2026: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (hereinafter the “DRC”) yesterday (Friday – 26th June 2026) has filed an Application instituting proceedings against Rwanda before the International Court of Justice with regard to a dispute concerning “abuses attributable to Rwanda over a period extending from 1996 to the present day”.

According to the Democratic Republic of Congo,

“these abuses, committed as part of a campaign of genocide and serious, widespread human rights violations waged by the Rwandan authorities in eastern Zaire, and subsequently in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, have primarily targeted Hutus present on Zairian, and subsequently Congolese, territory following the genocide against the Tutsi in 1994. However, they have also been directed against other Congolese ethnic groups, in particular the Nyindu . . ., as well as the Bembe, the Lega,

the Nande, the Hunde and the Bashi”.

The Applicant seeks to found the Court’s jurisdiction on Article 36, paragraph 1, of the Statute of the Court and on Article IX of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of 9 December 1948, Article 22 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination of 7 March 1966, Article 29 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women of 18 December 1979, and Article 30 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of 10 December 1984.

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