ACHPR Q·iHP~~\ j \~, ~/' ,'oTt1m , African Commission on Human and Peoples' Hiqhts Human Rights our Collective Responsibility Decision of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights on Merits Communication 502/14 - S.A.1 v. Democratic Republic of Congo Summary of the Complaint The Complaint was received at the Secretariat of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (Secretariat) on 21 November 2014. The Complaint was lodged by REDRESS Trust and Synergie pour l'Assistance Judiciaire aux Victimes des Violations des Droits Humains au Nord-Kivu, (Representatives), on behalf of S.A. (Complainant), a Congolese national. The Complaint was brought against the Democratic Republic of Congo (Respondent State), a party to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (African Charter), which it ratified on 20 July 1987. The Complainant first alleges that on 20 October 2008, in the context of fighting between the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and the Congres National pour le Developpement du Peuple (CNDP) in the province of North Kivu, Sergeant Shombo Chance left the frontline and went to his horne near Goma. The Complainant alleges that on 29 October 2008, Sergeant Chance raped her while she was two (2) months pregnant, using an automatic rifle, threatening her and driving her outside her house, far from her husband and their children. An Organ of the AfriGan rt.~) Union "JU,' . Page 1 on 32