A UN rights report released Friday declared that all parties to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) North and South Kivu provinces have committed serious violations of international humanitarian law, possibly rising to the level of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The report, prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights’ (OHCHR) Fact-Finding Mission, documented a campaign of atrocities since late 2024 involving the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group, the DRC’s armed forces (FARDC), and allied militias such as the Wazalendo . M23 has committed various military offenses within the DRC since 2021, causing mass displacement and civilian casualties. The FARDC has also been accused by Human Rights Watch of supporting the Waza

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