Fr. Rigobert Minani Bihuzo Testifies Before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission on Child Labor and Human Rights Violations in the Mining Industry of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Fr. Rigobert Minani Bihuzo, a Former Southern Voices Network for Peacebuilding Scholar with the Wilson Center's Africa Program and Head of the Research and Socio-Political Department, Centre d’Etudes pour l’Action Sociale (CEPAS), the Democratic Republic of the Congo, testified before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission on "Child Labor and Human Rights Violations in the Mining Industry of the Democratic Republic of Congo." The hearing took place on Thursday, July 14th, 2022.
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Rigobert Minani Bihuzo
Head of the Research and Socio-Political Department, Centre d’Etudes pour l’Action Sociale (CEPAS), the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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