Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. To answer your question specifically, yes, the military court—the military tribunal responsible for prosecuting accuseds for this type of offence—occasionally prosecutes people for violent sexual crimes. Convictions have even been obtained. There are too

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you. The 2006 act was considered as major progress when it introduced the notion of marital rape, for example, which previously absolutely did not exist and now makes it possible to prosecute people for a number of types of sexual violence, such as sexual slavery and force

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you. As my colleague pointed out, there is the issue of numbers. We estimate that, for every rape reported, five or six are not. If 40 rapes a day are reported, that means there are 200. In addition, with respect to the northern European and western countries, we have to

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  If we want to make field-based non-government organizations parties to reconstruction, perhaps we have to consider giving them training in fund-raising techniques, training in governance and compliance with accounting rules. We have to equip them. We also have to guarantee them o

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I wasn't aware of either the project or the CIDA announcement. On the other hand, I am somewhat aware of CIDA's previous project and of the $15 million paid to the joint project for the Fight Against Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. That CIDA project has

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  With regard to the culture of impunity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a number of levels of intervention are possible, particularly bilateral aid. I know that the DRC is not one of the priority countries for the present government, but what I'm going to tell you is also

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for inviting me to this subcommittee. My address today will concern the situation of women and children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and, in particular, the issue of sexual violence and the perpetuation of sexual vio