DRC: A call for tough arms controls

Ahead of the upcoming series of debates on disarmament due to take place at the United Nations, a report by Amnesty International seeks to highlight stories from the DRC which reveal the human cost of the arms trade over the past few years. According to a humanitarian officer in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, "there are so many weapons here that each person makes his own law. There is practically complete impunity. Anyone who holds a weapon has authority over anyone and can threaten anyone."