Explore sourced criminal cases from the Democratic Republic of the Congo with defendants, verdicts and unresolved questions kept distinct. The archive covers political assassinations, police-linked murders, the killing of UN experts, protest killings and the landmark Kavumu, Thomas Lubanga and Bosco Ntaganda international-crimes trials.
Cases appear here after reliable court records establish a conviction or equivalent adjudicated outcome; remaining accountability gaps are stated explicitly.
The ICC’s first verdict convicted Lubanga of conscripting, enlisting and using children under 15 in hostilities. His 14-year sentence is complete; collective reparations remain a separate process.
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The ICC convicted Ntaganda on 18 counts, imposed a 30-year sentence and confirmed both on appeal. Reparations implementation remains separate and ongoing.
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A protected evidence-led trial convicted a provincial lawmaker and militia members for a systematic campaign against children. Eleven life sentences were upheld on appeal.
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The two UN experts were killed while investigating violence in Kasai Central. More than 50 people were convicted in 2022; a final military appeal ruling in June 2026 convicted an army colonel of orchestrating the murders and upheld sentences against dozens, while broader command responsibility remains disputed.
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The two human-rights defenders disappeared after reporting to police headquarters. Officers were convicted in 2011 and 2022, while Bazana's remains and the alleged command responsibility remain unresolved.
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The president was shot inside the Palais de Marbre in 2001. A 135-defendant military trial produced disputed convictions and unexecuted death sentences; at least 26 convicted men were pardoned two decades later.
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A rocket attack killed the colonel near Beni. A military tribunal convicted army and ADF-linked defendants, while conflicting casualty accounts and the scope of individual responsibility remain explicit.
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Security forces killed at least 56 people in a later rights review. Four defendants were convicted, while Amnesty International said senior responsibility remained unexamined.
Open case file →Cases appear here when the crime is documented but individual criminal responsibility remains unadjudicated or a proceeding is still pending.
Crime by Region treats adjudication as a legal status, not a claim that every factual question has been answered. Seven files contain convictions or equivalent judicial outcomes. The Lumumba file remains partial because historical and parliamentary findings have not yet produced a final individual criminal judgment.
