Gentil Kasongo is a human rights and transitional justice practitioner with over ten years of experience working in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Great Lakes region of Africa. He joined Impunity Watch in 2014 as a researcher in the Peace Beyond Borders programme, which was implemented in the DRC, Burundi and Rwanda. He currently co-manages Impunity Watch’s DRC country programme as Country Programme Manager. Prior to joining Impunity Watch he worked for Sonke Gender Justice and Adonai Consulting. He also volunteered and continues to volunteer some of his time to support a number of nonprofit organisations in Africa. He holds an LLM in human rights law from the University of Cape Town and a law degree from Université de Goma.
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