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Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee Studies conducted at the international level have shown that the Congo is currently lacking 2,000 judges and magistrates. However, even when the government recently appointed some—I believe it appointed 1,000 judges—they did not go to the area. They didn't have the resources to d
December 12th, 2011Committee meeting
Denis Tougas
Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee Resources are currently available. A specialized group has done some chronological mapping of the violent incidents and mining resources in North and South Kivu. It would be quite easy to provide you with the web link. A number of investigations have been conducted on that subjec
December 12th, 2011Committee meeting
Denis Tougas
Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee That question is important and quite easy to answer. The Canadian government doesn't give any money to the Congolese government regarding sexual violence. The purpose of the vast majority of known projects is to provide care through the international agencies of the UN, three in
December 12th, 2011Committee meeting
Denis Tougas
Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee Very briefly, after attending the elections, visiting the places and reading the reports that the observer groups were starting to prepare, I saw that, after the results were disclosed last Friday, the electoral commission was unable to assure the population or the international
December 12th, 2011Committee meeting
Denis Tougas
Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee I'll add a few words. There is no connection between sexual violence and the mining industry and industrialists on the ground. In eastern Congo, for example, there is a large mining company called Banro. To date, no connection has ever been made between Banro and sexual violence.
December 12th, 2011Committee meeting
Denis Tougas
Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee As for MONUSCO's capabilities, it can be said that there have been significant improvements in security, particularly since offices, battalions and mobile groups have been going around to the villages. That has been the case for a year and a half or two years. People acknowledge
December 12th, 2011Committee meeting
Denis Tougas
Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee Considering the scope of the problem and the number of victims, that isn't much. You have to put yourself in the Congolese context. Mr. Bélanger, who went to Congo, could talk about that: the health system exists only on paper. The hospitals and health centres have nothing. In th
December 12th, 2011Committee meeting
Denis Tougas
Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee First, let me comment on your initial remark. Senators travelled to Congo on one occasion, when that investigation was conducted into public development aid in Africa, and they came back safe and sound. The parliamentary group from Great Britain, which has now been in existence
December 12th, 2011Committee meeting
Denis Tougas
Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee I imagine you've previously discussed this issue. Rape as a weapon of war proved to be extraordinarily effective in the first war, in 1996, around Bucavu, where the villages resisted. Villages were visited and there were mass rapes. People of all ages were raped, which both demor
December 12th, 2011Committee meeting
Denis Tougas
Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee We shouldn't say that there hasn't been any progress or change, particularly with regard to impunity. We wouldn't have seen that five years ago; it wasn't possible for a military member to be treated, to be charged with rape. In some areas even today, a military member will never
December 12th, 2011Committee meeting
Denis Tougas
Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee Good afternoon. Thank you for having me. I must congratulate the members of the Subcommittee on International Human Rights on their ongoing interest in the issue of sexual violence, especially in the Congo. In my presentation, I will talk about the actions taken to fight against
December 12th, 2011Committee meeting
Denis Tougas
Foreign Affairs committee Most of them.
November 24th, 2009Committee meeting
Denis Tougas
Foreign Affairs committee Absolutely. When I talk about the governments of the Congo, I'm talking about the central government and the provincial governments that have a mining branch that is also very active. In the case of Anvil Mining, if an intervention by the Canadian government contradicted the mili
November 24th, 2009Committee meeting
Denis Tougas
Foreign Affairs committee Thank you. I said that Canada's reputation was jeopardized. Yesterday, Canada was called neocolonial in a Kinshasa newspaper. I'll read you the headline: “Consequence of the mining contract reviews, Kinshasa taken hostage: Paris Club wants to impose unconscionable contracts.” T
November 24th, 2009Committee meeting
Denis Tougas
Foreign Affairs committee There had been regular contact with all ambassadors posted to the Congo since 1997, all trade delegates, the people from the National Contact Point, the people from Foreign Affairs. I attended at least four meetings with representatives of the various departments and representati
November 24th, 2009Committee meeting
Denis Tougas