Right to reparations for survivors of sexual violence

Right to reparations for survivors of sexual violence

On Tuesday, October 2, 2018 Albertine Zawadi Mambo, Coordinator of SOFEPADI, was invited to a conference organized by the International Clinic for the Defense of Human Rights (CIDDHU) of the University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM). Moderated by Prof. Mirja Trilsch, Director of the CIDDHU, the conference focused on the theme of the Right to reparation for survivors of sexual violence.  The two speakers, Albertine Zawadi Mambo and Maryse Décarie-Daigneault respectively presented a synthesis of the legal argument developed in the framework of the SOFEPADI-CIDDHU partnership and on the experience of students who worked in the winter of 2017 on the preparation of the Guide for effective access to appropriate reparation mechanisms for survivors of sexual violence crimes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Click on the links below to access the two presentations:

Presentation by Albertine Zawadi Mambo on the The right to reparations for survivors of sexual violence: SOFEPADI’s advocacy in the DRC (pptx)

Presentation by Maryse Décarie-Daigneault on the experience of students who worked on the preparation of the Guide for effective access to appropriate reparation mechanisms for survivors of sexual violence crimes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (pdf)

To find out more about the SOFEPADI-CIDDHU partnership within the framework of the CSiW project, please consult the special issue of our November 2017 newsletter.