Association Canadienne contre l'impunité (ACCI)

On 8th November 2010, an association representing Congolese citizens filed a class action in a Montreal court against the Canadian company, Anvil Mining Limited. Over the past 6 years, RAID has investigated and extensively documented the events that occurred in the Kilwa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in October 2004. Patricia Feeney, RAID's Executive Director, is the President of the newly created Association canadienne contre l’impunité (ACCI – Canadian Association Against Impunity), whose members include families of the victims of the Kilwa massacre, Global Witness, Congolese and Canadian NGOs. The purpose of the Association is to help the families seek a remedy from the Superior Court in Quebec against Anvil Mining Limited, a company, that by providing transport and other logistical support to the Congolese Armed Forces, allegedly enabled soldiers to perpetrate a massacre and carry out other human rights violations against the civilian population.

The law firm McCarthy Tétrault will represent Anvil Mining Limited.

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