Denis Mukwege

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Déclaration à la suite de l’avancée des forces d’agression et d’occupation dans la province du Sud-Kivu — 13 décembre 2025 Nous exprimons notre étonnement à la lecture du communiqué du Président de la Commission de l’Union africaine du 11 décembre, appelant à la retenue face à l’agression.

13 December 2025

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3 ans d’occupation de Bunagana — 13 juin 2025 Cela fait 3 ans jour pour jour que la cité frontalière commerciale stratégique de Bunagana, dans le territoire de Rutshuru au Nord-Kivu, est contrôlée par les rebelles du M23 soutenus par le régime de Kigali, acculant la population.

13 June 2025

Statement

Statement by Dr. Mukwege on the 12th anniversary of the Addis Ababa Framework Agreement for Peace, Security and Cooperation in the DRC and the region

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been under an unprecedented existential threat for more than 25 years, with the aggression of the Kigali regime and the invasion of large swathes of national territory, taking the form of

  • RDC
  • Diplomatie
  • Impunité
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Dr. Denis Mukwege Call: “Stop the massacres of the Congolese, peace is possible.”

The macabre toll of the recent fighting between the Congolese army and the Rwandan armed forces and their M23 auxiliaries in the city of Goma is slowly emerging. According to the World Health Organization report, as of January 31,

  • RDC
  • Goma
  • Paix
Essay

Blood and tears: stopping the cycle of conflict-related sexual violence

With Gautier Chene, in Gynécologie Obstétrique Fertilité & Sénologie.

  • Médecine
  • Plaidoyer
Essay

Obstacles to emergency medical consultation in cases of conflict-related sexual violence

With Guy Mugisho Matabaro and Raha Maroyi, in PLOS ONE. Why survivors arrive too late, and what that costs.

  • Recherche
  • Panzi
  • Santé publique
Statement

Statement following the publication of the 27 December 2024 letter Addressed to the Presidency of the Security Council By the Group of Experts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

I am very concerned after reading the latest report of the United Nations Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Despite the agreement for a humanitarian truce and a ceasefire, the Kigali regime continues to flo

  • RDC
  • Nations unies
  • Impunité
Open letter

Message of support from Dr. Mukwege to the Appeal of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) and the Presidency of the Church of Christ in Congo (ECC) for the “Social Pact for Peace and Living Well Together in DR Congo and the Great Lakes”

December 31, 2024 Over the past three decades, the Congolese people have endured chronic violence and instability that have led to profound tragedy and suffering beyond comprehension. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has bee

  • RDC
  • Paix
  • Société civile
Open letter

Appel du Dr Denis Mukwege à la Paix à l’occasion des fêtes de noël et de nouvel an

Mesdames et Messieurs, Mes chers compatriotes, A l’aube de cette nouvelle année, je viens vous saluer chaleureusement et vous présenter mes meilleurs vœux. Pour des nombreux compatriotes, la fête de noël que nous allons bientôt cé

  • RDC
  • Paix
Statement

Statement by Dr. Mukwege on the failure of the Luanda process

December 15, 2024 — The failure of the tripartite summit in the Luanda process illustrates the political and diplomatic impasse in which this process finds itself, despite the good will of Angola’s President Lourenço. This impasse

  • RDC
  • Diplomatie
  • Paix
Open letter

Strasbourg University Speech by Dr. Mukwege

Strasbourg University – October 19, 2024 Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for inviting me to speak, and I’m grateful to the NGO Inter Développement et Solidarité for organizing this event in partnership with the University of Stras

  • Justice
  • Droit international
  • Plaidoyer
Statement

Déclaration du Dr Denis Mukwege à l’occasion du 25e anniversaire de l’hôpital de Panzi

Alors que nous commémorons aujourd’hui le 25e anniversaire de l’hôpital de Panzi, il n’y a pas lieu de fêter cet anniversaire mais de reconnaître solennellement la tragédie que traverse les communautés martyres dans l’Est de la Ré

  • Panzi
  • RDC
Essay

A call to action: drawing a red line to end conflict-related sexual violence

With Jeanne A. Conry, in the International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. A call on states and medical bodies to treat wartime rape as a line that must not be crossed.

  • Plaidoyer
  • Médecine
  • Droit international
Statement

COMMUNIQUÉ SUR LE REMANIEMENT DU COMMANDEMENT MILITAIRE AU NORD-KIVU

C’est avec stupéfaction que nous avons pris connaissance de la désignation du Général Nduru Chaligonza pour diriger les opérations militaires au Nord-Kivu en remplacement du Gouverneur militaire du Nord Kivu, l

  • Nord-Kivu
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Statement by Dr. Mukwege on transitional justice in the DRC: “for an ethic of responsibility”

The culture of impunity greatly fuels the recurrence of conflicts and the perpetuation of the most serious crimes, particularly those of a sexual and gender-based nature, and is therefore a major obstacle to th

  • Justice
  • Réparation
Statement

Statement by Dr. Mukwege on the occasion of the Congolese Genocide Memorial Day

On this day of Genocost, which means “genocide for economic gain,” our thoughts go out to all the direct and indirect victims of countless crimes committed over decades for economic and geostrategic interests.

  • Massacres
Statement

Statement by Dr. Mukwege on the occasion of International Women’s Rights Day 2023

On this March 8, our thoughts go out to all women around the world who fight every day to have their fundamental rights respected, to gain economic autonomy, and to make their voices heard in a world that remai

  • Droits des femmes
Statement

Statement by Dr. Mukwege Following the Discovery of 4 New Mass Graves in Ituri

January 21, 2023 ­­– As new mass killings allegedly attributed to the armed group Cooperative for the Development of Congo (CODECO) took place in mid-January in Ituri Province, in the northeast of the Democrati

  • Ituri
  • Massacres
Statement

Déclaration du Dr Mukwege suite à l’attentat terroriste perpétré à Kasindi à l’Eglise de la 8e CEPAC

15 janvier 2023 En ce dimanche 15 janvier, la Nation congolaise est à nouveau en deuil et nos pensées vont aux victimes de l’attentat à la bombe commis en plein culte dans l’enceinte de l’Église de la 8e Commun

  • RDC
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Statement by Dr. Mukwege following the terrorist attack in Kasindi at the 8th CEPAC Church

January 15, 2023 On this Sunday, January 15, the Congolese Nation is once again in mourning and our thoughts are with the victims of the bombing committed in the middle of a service in the church of the 8th Com

  • RDC
Statement

Statement by Dr. Mukwege on the Imperative of Implementing the Sanctions Regime

As the armed terrorist group M23, supported directly and indirectly by the Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF), is at the gates of Goma — the third largest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) — the already

  • Nord-Kivu
  • Justice
  • RDC
Statement

Statement by Dr. Mukwege on the latest report of the UN Panel of Experts on the Congo

It was with great interest that we followed the media coverage of the latest report of the United Nations Group of Experts on the Congo on August 4, 2022. The truth is stubborn, it always comes out in the end.

  • Nations unies
Statement

Statement by Dr. Mukwege following the announcement of the deployment of the East African Community Regional Force

July 20, 2022, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo — The Democratic Republic of Congo is in peril. For the umpteenth time, our country is being subjected to a war of aggression by proxy, threatening nation

  • Sud-Kivu
  • RDC
Statement

Statement by Dr. Mukwege on the Day of International Criminal Justice

July 17, 2022 — The Day of International Criminal Justice commemorates the adoption of the Rome Statute, the treaty establishing the International Criminal Court (ICC), which seeks to bring justice to victims o

  • Massacres
  • Justice
Open letter

Message from Dr. Mukwege To the Congolese Population

June 20, 2022 My dear compatriots, The hour is serious. This Sunday, June 19, we met with several religious leaders of the Church of Christ in Congo to share our concerns about the security situation that curre

  • RDC
Essay

Prevention of conflict-related sexual violence in Ukraine and globally

In The Lancet, with Lindsay Stark, Kim Thuy Seelinger, Rosalie M. Ibala and Yuliia Tovpeko. What two decades in South Kivu teach a war that is only beginning.

  • Ukraine
  • Prévention
  • Santé publique
Statement

Statement by Dr. Mukwege on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: November 25, 2021

On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we pay tribute to the resilience and strength of women who, despite all the discrimination, abuse, and violence to which t

  • Droits des femmes
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Statement by Dr. Mukwege on the recent massacres in Ituri and North Kivu – 9/09/2021

It is with horror that we have learned of the recent killings in North Kivu and Ituri. While at least 19 civilians were killed on August 27, 2021 in Beni Territory, at least 30 civilians were massacred with kni

  • Nord-Kivu
  • Ituri
  • Massacres
Statement

Statement from Dr. Mukwege to the inhabitants of Goma following the tragedy of the Nyiragongo volcano eruption

To my dear brothers and sisters, inhabitants of Goma, While the province of North Kivu mourns its dead almost daily, victims of recurrent massacres in Beni, here is a part of Goma, the province’s capital, suffe

  • Nord-Kivu
  • Massacres
Statement

Statement from Dr. Mukwege following the indictment of Roger Lumbala

Bukavu, January 5, 2021 — Statement from Dr. Mukwege following the indictment of Roger Lumbala Cliquez ici pour lire en français We salute the commitment of the National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office in Pa

  • Sud-Kivu
  • Justice
Statement

Statement by Dr. Mukwege on the 20th Anniversary of the “Six Day War” in Kisangani / DR Congo between the Rwandan Patriotic Army and the Uganda People’s Defense Force

Bukavu June 5, 2020 — Statement by Dr. Mukwege on the 20th Anniversary of the “Six Day War” in Kisangani / DR Congo between the Rwandan Patriotic Army and the Uganda People’s Defense Force “From June 5 through

  • Sud-Kivu
  • RDC
Open letter

Message from Dr. Denis Mukwege on the Coronavirus Pandemic

March 25, 2020 Bukavu, DRC — Message from Dr. Denis Mukwege on the Coronavirus Pandemic The whole world is facing the Coronavirus pandemic that is now spreading in Africa, after having struck Asia and Europe. T

  • Sud-Kivu
  • Santé publique
Statement

Nobel Peace Prize lecture

Oslo, 10 December 2018. The full text of the lecture given at Oslo City Hall — the most important document he has written.

  • Nobel
  • Violences sexuelles
  • Impunité
Video

Nobel Peace Prize lecture (English subtitles)

The Nobel Prize

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Nobel Peace Prize lecture

The Nobel Prize

Open letter

Dakar, Senegal: Dr. Mukwege Addresses ALDEPAC Conference

DISCOURS DU DOCTEUR DENIS MUKWEGE A L’OCCASION DE LA CONFERENCE SUR LA GOUVERNANCE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES EN AFRIQUE A DAKAR – 16 OCTOBRE 2015 S.E. Monsieur le Président de la République du Sénégal,Honorable

  • RDC
Open letter

DR. DENIS MUKWEGE ADDRESS AT SWEDEN’S LAUNCH OF HEFORSHE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, Madame Under-Secretary General Phumzile Mlambo, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you, Prime Minister, for the invitation to partic

  • Droits des femmes
Open letter

Statement: Dr. Denis Mukwege Addresses Refugee Crisis

STATEMENT FROM DR. DENIS MUKWEGE ON REFUGEE CRISIS (Bukavu, DR Congo) Founder of the Panzi Hospital and Foundations, Dr. Denis Mukwege, released the following statement on the refugee and migrant crisis facing

  • Sud-Kivu
  • Déplacés
Statement

Statement from Dr. Mukwege

En date du 31 décembre 2014, le personnel de l’Hôpital Général de Référence de Panzi est entré en grève et a pris l’initiative d’organiser une manifestation pacifique devant le bâtiment de la Direction Générale

  • RDC
Paper

Treatment of rape-induced urogenital and lower gastrointestinal lesions among girls aged 5 years or younger

International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · Denis Mukwege, Désiré Alumeti, Jacques Himpens, Guy-Bernard Cadière

Paper

Minimally invasive treatment of traumatic high rectovaginal fistulas

Written with Guy-Bernard Cadière, the Belgian surgeon whose collaboration with Panzi the film “Muganga” dramatises.

Surgical Endoscopy · Denis Mukwege, Nyanchama Mukanire, Jacques Himpens, Guy-Bernard Cadière

Open letter

DR. DENIS MUKWEGE ADDRESSES EUROPEAN YEAR OF DEVELOPMENT

Présentation du Docteur Mukwege à l’occasion des Journées européennes du Développement– Bruxelles – 4 juin 2015 Monsieur le Commissaire Mimica, Distingués invités, Mesdames, Messieurs, Je vous remercie de me do

  • RDC
Video

“The Man Who Mends Women” — trailer

Thierry Michel, Colette Braeckman

Paper

Cesarean delivery-related fistulae in the Democratic Republic of Congo

International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · Mathias Onsrud, Solbjørg Sjøveian, Denis Mukwege

Paper

Rape with extreme violence: the new pathology in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo

The paper that named what was arriving at Panzi: a pattern of injury distinct from anything in the literature, described from the hospital’s own case record.

PLoS Medicine · Denis M. Mukwege, Cathy Nangini

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Lecture at Umeå University

Umeå universitet