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This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Publications and Programs at Seattle University School of Law Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Seattle Journal for Social Justice by an authorized administrator of Seattle University School of Law Digital Commons. | Seattle Journal for Social Justice Volume 10 Issue 1 Fall Winter 2012 Article 30 3-28-2012 Carrying a Piece ofCongo in Our Pockets Global Complicity to Congo s Sexual Violence and the Conflict Minerals Trade Anne DeVoe Seattle University School of Law Follow this and additional works at http sjsj Recommended Citation DeVoe Anne 2012 Carrying a Piece of Congo in Our Pockets Global Complicity to Congo s Sexual Violence and the Conflict Minerals Trade Seattle Journal for Social Justice Vol. 10 Iss. 1 Article 30. Available at http sjsj vol10 iss1 30 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Publications and Programs at Seattle University School of Law Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Seattle Journal for Social Justice by an authorized administrator of Seattle University School of Law Digital Commons. 463 Carrying a Piece of Congo in Our Pockets Global Complicity to Congo s Sexual Violence and the Conflict Minerals Trade Anne DeVoe1 I. Introduction The world s thirstfor Congo s resources has been the vilest scramble for loot that ever disfigured the history of human conscience. Joseph A. Recent Incidents of Mass Rape in Eastern Congo. Inside the North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo DRC is the vast and remote Walikale Walikale has been the scene of much fighting during the current armed conflict in Congo 4 and also contains some of the most lucrative mining sites in the While there are united Nations uN peacekeeping forces dispatched in Walikale there is a rebel group called the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda FDLR that maintains a strong presence in the territory pillaging 1 A sincere thanks to Yair Inspektor for being a supportive and enthusiastic groupie and to . . and . This article was a difficult journey and I could not have done it without all of your help. 2 Joseph Conrad .