GOMA, Congo — It had already been a long day when Case No. 4, woman with delinquent husband, walked through the metal gates into the spare, concrete-floored chambers of the so-called Children’s Parliament here.
In Congo, a youthful system of justice
The ‘Children’s Parliament’ is one of the country’s few reliable institutions.
Monday, August 13, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 3:01 a.m. CDT, Friday, July 4, 2008
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