Cathy Nangini and Denis Mukwege describe their work at the Panzi Hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which treats women victims of rape with extreme violence that are often perpetrated at the hands of armed groups

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C Mampasu

Cathy Nangini

Denis Mukengere Mukwege

E Rehn

F Muhigirwa

J Astill

J Gettleman

L Shanks

M Rafti

S Brownmiller

S Lewis

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Address impunity for sexual violence in the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the current national courts, including the period before the creation of the ICC.

Against our will: men, women, and rape.

Assist all organizations that provide psychological, medical, legal, and social care to REV survivors.

Develop a mechanism for the traceability of minerals as a way forward for ultimately reducing the reliance of armed groups on DRC’s resources.

Ensure that leaders in the eastern DRC and neighbouring regions take responsibility and act to end the atrocities in DRC.

Help create and train a national army and police force that are ready and able to protect civilians.

Stephen Lewis calls for a new UN initiative to end sexual violence in the eastern r e g i o no ft h eD R C .N a i r o b i .P r e s sr e l e a s e . Available: http://stephenlewisfoundation.org/ news_speech_item.cfm?news=1990&year=2007.

The PLoS Medicine Editors (2009) Rape in war is common, devastating, and too often ignored.

Rape with Extreme Violence: The New Pathology in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo