Memory and Justice
  • Intro
  • Topics
    • Case study: Argentina
    • Nazi crimes: legal proceedings and the lack thereof in Germany
    • Memory and the Courtroom
    • From Nuremberg to The Hague and the Pinochet effect
    • Former Yugoslavia
    • Colonial crimes and their consequences
    • Trauma and memory. Do truth and justice heal?
    • Regarding the Pain of Others
    • The Congo Tribunal
    • The Situation in Syria and Iraq
  • Program
  • Speakers
  • Exhibition
  • Reservation
  • Contact
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The Congo Tribunal

Tribunals of public opinion are an alternative method of addressing crimes against humanity. The first was the Russell Tribunal established in the 1960s to deal with the crimes of the Vietnam War. More recently, such tribunals have garnered a lot of attention, both as a means of public education as well as theatrical reenactments, not least thanks to the theater director Milo Rau, who last summer staged an impressive tribunal, in Berlin and in Bukavu, on crimes in Congo. Kathrin Röggla, Wolfgang Kaleck, Milo Rau and Congolese lawyer Sylvestre Bisimwa will discuss the proceedings carried out concerning Congo and assess the impact of such tribunals.

Further reading:

 

David Van Reybrouck: Kongo. Eine Geschichte, Berlin 2012

Adam Hochschild: Schatten über dem Kongo, Stuttgart 1999

Cornelia Visman, Medien der Rechtsprechung, 2011

 

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