REFERENCE NO. 17 OF 2025 MASOSO BIDERI ANTOINNETTE & 2 OTHERS v. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL/ MINISTER OF JUSTICE OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

The Applicants contend that the Respondent State’s acts and omissions resulting in widespread attacks, killings, persecution, displacement, and discrimination against the Banyamulenge, Hema, and Tutsi communities in North Kivu, South Kivu, and Ituri are unlawful infringements on Articles 5, 6(d), 7(2), and 8(4) of The Treaty for Establishment of The East African Community, as well as provisions of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women in Africa, and the Great Lakes Pact and its Protocols.