Press
for a comprehensive, multi-pronged approach toward disarming the FDLR militia that emphasizes protecting civilians. This would include taking into custody and opening judicial proceedings against
those wanted for genocide and other more recent serious crimes, including the FDLR leadership based in Europe and elsewhere, and reforming the disarmament and demobilization program, among other
measures.
Push for accountability to ensure that those responsible for serious human rights abuses, including sexual violence, are prosecuted regardless of rank. Press the UN to make its
support conditional on effective action by military authorities to curb abuses against civilians.
Press the Congolese government to develop and put into effect an action plan to prevent and
end the recruitment of children into the Congolese army and other armed groups, and insist that commanders cooperate with child-protection specialists screening troops for children among their
ranks.
Support comprehensive military reforms by the Congolese government, with strict controls on how donor funds are used.
Ensure that UN peacekeepers have the resources urgently
needed to carry out their mandate to protect civilians.
Results of Military Operations against the FDLR since January 2009
Achievements Costs 1,071 FDLR combatants repatriated[1] 1,143 civilians killed, including at least 10 local chiefs[2] An estimated 250-300 FDLR combatants killed[3] 7,000 women and girls raped, the
majority by the FDLR and FARDC soldiers deployed on military operations.[4] 1,632 FDLR dependents have returned to Rwanda[5] Nearly 900,000 civilians forced to flee their homes since January 2009 in North and South Kivu[6] 10,949 Rwandan refugees have returned to Rwanda[7] 6,037 homes burned (by both the
FDLR and FARDC)[8] FDLR partially cut off from revenue sources 123 attacks on villages by the FDLR resulting in
civilian deaths[9] Tens of thousands of displaced people in North and South Kivu have returned home[10] Hundreds of civilians taken into temporary forced labor[11] FDLR military structure is
reportedly weakened, though ability to attack civilians remains intact New recruitment by the FDLR, including of children.[12] An improvement in relations between Rwanda and DRC. Integration of CNDP and other armed groups into the Congolese army, though the integration remains fragile Several armed
groups still not integrated, are maintaining parallel command structures, or are threatening to abandon the integration process [1] Statistics from the UN DDRRR program from January through September 2009. [2] Statistics from research conducted by
Human Rights Watch with additional information from internal MONUC reporting and reliable local sources. Human Rights Watch has reports of an additional 476 deaths still unconfirmed. [3] Estimates provided to Human Rights Watch by military and other experts on the FDLR. [4]
4,658 new cases were recorded by UNFPA in North and South Kivu between January and June 2009. Statistics are not finalized for July through mid-October, but preliminary reports indicate cases are
being reported at a comparable rate. In South Kivu, 2,584 new cases were recorded in the first half of 2009, compared to 2,883 cases recorded for all of 2008.  [5] Statistics from UN DDRRR from January through September 2009. [6] Statistics from OCHA
from January through August 2009. [7] Statistic from UNHCR from January 1 through September 25, 2009. [8] Documented by Human Rights Watch. [9] Documented by Human Rights Watch. [10] The returnees are mostly individuals displaced from previous waves of violence before January 2009. Exact return statistics are unknown. Many displaced people
who recently left displacement camps around Goma and elsewhere have moved on to secondary displacement sites as they still fear returning home. [11] Documented by Human Rights Watch. [12] Reports of recruitment collected by Human Rights Watch.
An undated U.S. State Department photograph of Idelphonse Nizeyimana, one of the four most wanted suspects from Rwanda's 1994 genocide, who was arrested in the Ugandan capital Kampala on October 5, ...
