Lendu armed groups have carried out systematic and widespread attacks, trying to ‘inflict lasting trauma’ on the Hema and clear them from what they deem to be their ancestral lands, the UN human rights office said
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Killings, rapes and other barbaric violence committed by an ethnic armed group in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo against a rival group may amount to crimes against humanity and possibly even genocide, the United Nations said on Friday.
“The burden of proof of genocide, the intent to destroy a whole part of a population, is far more difficult to prove.” “Certain elements constituting genocide” – a rare designation under international law – may be present, it said.
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