Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Abduction 9
• Albinism/Persons with Albinism 4
• Animist 4
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 23
• Armed forces / Military 3
• Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 12
• Asylum-seekers 1
• Batwa 2
• Catholic 8
• Child labour 11
• Child prostitution 6
• Child soldiers 12
• Children's rights 17
• Children-at-risk 14
• Christian 8
• Contemporary forms of slavery 2
• Convention against Torture (CAT) 1
• Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) 1
• Copts 1
• Corruption 7
• Crimes against humanity 1
• Criminal justice 3
• Democracy 1
• Disappeared persons 20
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 18
• Domestic violence 1
• Drug trafficking 1
• Economic, social and cultural rights 13
• Effective protection 1
• Elections 5
• Evangelical 2
• Extrajudicial executions 19
• Forced labour 28
• Forced marriage 2
• Forced relocation 1
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 17
• Freedom of assembly and association 19
• Freedom of expression 20
• Freedom of information 4
• Freedom of movement 16
• Freedom of religion 31
• Freedom of speech 15
• Gender discrimination 19
• Gender-based persecution 1
• Generalized violence 2
• Human rights activists 2
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 14
• Human rights monitors 3
• Immigration Detention 1
• Impunity 3
• Independence of judiciary 4
• Indigenous persons 7
• Internal armed conflict 3
• Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 10
• International protection 2
• Jehovah's Witness 7
• Jew 3
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 4
• Military courts 1
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 6
• Minorities 7
• Mormon 8
• Muslim 8
• Opposition 1
• Orthodox Christian 8
• Peacekeeping 3
• Persecution based on nationality 1
• Persecution based on political opinion 5
• Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 2
• Persons with disabilities 7
• Police 4
• Pre-trial detention 5
• Prison or detention conditions 8
• Prostitution / Commercial sex work 7
• Protestant 8
• Racial / Ethnic persecution 1
• Refugees 5
• Religious discrimination 19
• Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 10
• Right to self-determination 3
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 1
• SGBV 19
• Sale of children 1
• Security forces 8
• Security situation 3
• Social group discrimination 13
• Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 3
• Terrorism 7
• Threats / Intimidation 5
• Torture 3
• Trafficking in persons 37
• Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 1
• War crimes 3
• Women's rights 17
• Women-at-risk 13

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• Amnesty International - Democratic Republic of Congo
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Democratic Republic of Congo
• Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) - Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
• Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) - Democratic Republic of the Congo
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC in DR Congo
• International Crisis Group (ICG) - DR Congo
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Democratic Republic of the Congo
• ReliefWeb - Democratic Republic of the Congo (the)
• Rift Valley Institute
• UNHCR - Democratic Republic of the Congo
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Congo, Democratic Republic of the
• United Nations News Centre - News Focus: Democratic Republic of Congo
• United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO)
• United States Department of State - Congo (Kinshasa)
• World Food Programme (WFP) - Congo, Democratic Republic Of
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Democratic Republic of the Congo