BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 15 (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo has formed a new advisory council that includes senior war crimes lawyers from the United States and Europe to support its push for accountability for atrocities committed in the country’s conflict-ridden east.
The move comes as Congo’s government pursues an increasingly ambitious campaign for international justice in connection with the fighting, a decades-old struggle involving dozens of armed groups and competition for mineral resources, in which millions are estimated to have died.