UN Panel Calls for Reparations Fund for Congo Rape Victims
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Victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo should receive compensation through a special reparations fund, a United Nations panel recommended.
The needs of hundreds of thousands of victims of rape in the Central African country “are largely unmet, particularly in remote areas,” according to a report by a panel convened by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights published in Geneva today.