Forces Patriotiques pour la Libération du Congo
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The Forces Patriotiques pour la Libération du Congo was an armed rebel group active during the Second Congo War, known for its involvement in serious human rights abuses and recruitment of child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Forces patriotiques pour la libération du Congo | 2 |
| Forces Patriotiques pour la Libération du Congo canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
armed group
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rebel group ⓘ |
| activeIn | Second Congo War ⓘ |
| areaOfOperations |
mineral-rich zones
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rural areas ⓘ |
| associatedWith | resource-related conflict in the DRC ⓘ |
| committedHumanRightsAbuses | true ⓘ |
| conflict | Second Congo War ⓘ |
| conflictType |
civil conflict
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ethnic conflict ⓘ |
| country | Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
recruitment of child soldiers
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serious human rights violations ⓘ |
| knownFor |
brutality against civilians
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use of child soldiers under 15 years old ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
ethnic-based armed groups
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local militias ⓘ |
| notableFor |
attacks on civilians
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grave violations against children in armed conflict ⓘ |
| operatedDuring | post-genocide Great Lakes regional instability ⓘ |
| operatedIn | eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ |
| operationalStatus | defunct ⓘ |
| partOf | complex network of Congolese armed groups ⓘ |
| recruitmentMethod |
abduction of children
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forced conscription ⓘ |
| region |
Ituri Province
ⓘ
surface form:
Ituri
northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ |
| sideInConflict | anti-government forces ⓘ |
| statusUnderInternationalLaw | non-state armed group ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
United Nations reports on child soldiers
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human rights NGO reports ⓘ |
| targeted |
children
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civilian population ⓘ women ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 2000s
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late 1990s ⓘ |
| used |
improvised weapons
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small arms and light weapons ⓘ |
| usedAbductions | true ⓘ |
| usedChildSoldiers | true ⓘ |
| usedForcedRecruitment | true ⓘ |
| usedIntimidationOfCivilians | true ⓘ |
| usedSexualViolence | true ⓘ |
| violated |
international human rights law
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international humanitarian law ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Forces Patriotiques pour la Libération du Congo Description of subject: The Forces Patriotiques pour la Libération du Congo was an armed rebel group active during the Second Congo War, known for its involvement in serious human rights abuses and recruitment of child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo
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armedGroupInvolved
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Forces Patriotiques pour la Libération du Congo
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this entity surface form:
Forces patriotiques pour la libération du Congo
this entity surface form:
Forces patriotiques pour la libération du Congo