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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2025/2510(RSP))

On the case of Jean-Jacques Wondo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

B-10-2025-0070

on behalf of the ESN Group · Rapporteur: Tomasz Froelich

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A resolution on the case of Jean-Jacques Wondo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), who was sentenced to death in 2024. It calls for his innocence to be considered and for the EU to withdraw or reorient its engagement in the DRC.

Key points

  1. Considers the evidence against Wondo weak, notes new elements proving his innocence, and calls on the Court of Appeal to take them fully into account.
  2. Worried that lifting the moratorium on executions and the inefficient justice system increase risks of extrajudicial and arbitrary executions.
  3. Finds it unacceptable that the EU continues to finance a justice system driven by corruption, predation and coercion, threatening citizens' security.
  4. Calls on the EU to withdraw or reorient its engagement in the DRC.

Who is affected

  • Jean-Jacques Wondo, Belgian-Congolese military expert sentenced to death in the DRC.
  • The EU and its member states, which fund and engage with the DRC's justice and security sectors.

Figures and deadlines

  • 424 million Euro grants allocated by the EU to the DRC for 2021-2024.
  • 1.9 billion Euro EU aid to the DRC from 2003-2011, with less than half of programmes likely to deliver intended results.