African Human Rights court says it can hear case brought by DRC against Rwanda

The Tanzania-based African Court of Human Rights says it is competent to hear a case brought by the Democratic Republic of the Congo against Rwanda.  

The ruling opens the door to a full hearing into Kinsha’s claims of human rights abuses linked to the long-running conflict in eastern Congo.  

Kigali claimed that national and regional processes hadn’t been fully exhausted, making the referral to the court of human rights premature….