Democratic Republic of the Congo

Country Information 522
Reference Documents 1

1969 OAU Convention 1
Abduction 21
Abuse of psychiatry 1
Access to procedures 1
Access to water 1
Administrative law 1
Airports 1
Albinism/Persons with Albinism 1
Anti-terrorism law 1
Appeal / Right to appeal 1
Arbitrary arrest and detention 32
Armed attacks on camps 9
Armed forces / Military 40
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 94
Asylum policy 2
Asylum-migration nexus 1
Asylum-seekers 12
Banyarwanda 1
Batwa 2
Border conflict 3
Camp management 1
Capacity building of state institutions 5
Ceasefire 4
Child labour 1
Child soldiers 42
Children's rights 25
Children-at-risk 15
Christian 3
Civil and political rights 1
Civil war 3
Civilian character of asylum 3
Combatants / Former combatants 23
Communal conflict / Social conflict 6
Conflict prevention 1
Conflict resolution 7
Conflict situation 39
Constitutional law 1
Contemporary forms of slavery 5
Convention against Torture (CAT) 1
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 5
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 4
Corruption 9
Country of origin information (COI) 2
Coup d'état 2
Crimes against humanity 4
Crimes against peace 1
Criminal justice 8
Death in custody 1
Death penalty 15
Demobilization / Disarmament 32
Democracy 3
Deportation / Forcible return 12
Derivative status 1
Disappeared persons 17
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 7
Domestic violence 10
EU Qualification Directive 1
Economic, social and cultural rights 6
Effective remedy 2
Elections 26
Embargo 2
Entry / Exit 1
Ethnic cleansing 1
Extrajudicial executions 55
Extreme poverty 1
False documents 3
Family law 1
Family reunification 1
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 6
Forced labour 5
Forced marriage 4
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 44
Freedom of assembly and association 10
Freedom of conscience 2
Freedom of expression 16
Freedom of information 6
Freedom of movement 6
Freedom of religion 6
Freedom of speech 5
Gender discrimination 8
Gender mainstreaming 2
Gender-based persecution 13
Genocide 5
Good governance 6
Gross, systematic and large-scale 3
HIV and AIDS 4
Harmful traditional practices 4
Hindu 1
Honour killings 1
Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 13
Human Rights Council 3
Human rights activists 24
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 64
Human rights courts 3
Human rights law 1
Human rights monitors 10
Humanitarian assistance 14
Hutus 6
IDP camps 7
Illegal entry 1
Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 1
Immigrants 4
Impunity 30
Independence of judiciary 14
Indigenous persons 2
Integration 2
Internal armed conflict 49
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 55
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 4
International armed conflict 3
International courts and tribunals 5
International criminal law 5
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 11
International protection 1
Kasaians 1
Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 1
Legal representation / Legal aid 2
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 6
Livelihoods 7
Location of camps 1
Luba 1
Lunda, Yeke 1
Mass exodus 2
Maternal and child health care 3
Medical screening 1
Mental health 1
Migrant rights 3
Migrants 6
Military courts 6
Military law 4
Military operations 14
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 16
Minorities 9
Minority rights 4
Muslim 3
Ngbandi 2
Non-refoulement 1
Non-state agents of persecution 2
Older persons 1
Opposition 9
Orderly return 2
Passports 4
Peace agreements 12
Peace process 24
Peacekeeping 43
Persecution based on nationality 1
Persecution based on political opinion 7
Persecution of family members 1
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 1
Persons of concern to UNHCR 1
Persons with disabilities 1
Piracy 2
Police 11
Political groups 7
Political parties 8
Political situation 76
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 1
Pre-trial detention 12
Prevention of discrimination 1
Prison or detention conditions 19
Prosecution vs persecution 1
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 4
Protection of camps 3
Protection of civilian persons in time of war 36
Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 2
Public health 6
Racial / Ethnic persecution 18
Reconciliation 4
Referendum 2
Refoulement 5
Refugee / Asylum law 2
Refugee camps 12
Refugee identity documents 1
Refugees 38
Reintegration 13
Rejected asylum-seekers 3
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 4
Resettlement 1
Return conditions 11
Returnees 18
Right to a nationality 1
Right to education 7
Right to health 5
Right to justice 7
Right to liberty and security 3
Right to life 17
Right to registration at birth 1
Right to return 3
Right to seek asylum 2
Rights of non-citizens 3
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 21
Rwandans 2
SGBV 80
Sanctions 4
Security forces 63
Security situation 97
Serious non-political crime 1
Sexual and reproductive rights 1
Small arms 1
Social group discrimination 1
Somalis 1
Spontaneous return 2
State of emergency 1
Statelessness 2
Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 4
Temporary protection 1
Terrorism 10
Torture 2
Trafficking in persons 10
Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 2
Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 1
Tutsis 7
UNHCR mandate 1
Unaccompanied / Separated children 6
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 5
Voluntary repatriation 8
War crimes 8
Witchcraft 1
Women's rights 24
Women-at-risk 18

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"If I could go to school…" Education as a tool to prevent the recruitment of girls and assist with their recovery and reintegration in Democratic Republic of Congo 5 December 2016 \| Publisher: Child Soldiers International \| Document type: Country Reports
Country Policy and Information Note - Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Opposition to the government 8 November 2016 \| Publisher: United Kingdom: Home Office \| Document type: Country Reports
Boulevard of Broken Dreams: The "Street" and Politics in DR Congo 13 October 2016 \| Publisher: International Crisis Group (ICG) \| Document type: Country Reports
Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 3 October 2016 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
« Pas juste une question de terres » : litiges et conflits fonciers dans l'est du Congo October 2016 \| Publisher: Rift Valley Institute (RVI) \| Document type: Country Reports
Forced Migration Review No. 53 - Local communities: first and last providers of protection October 2016 \| Publisher: Refugee Studies Centre \| Document type: Country Reports
Dismantling Dissent: DRC's Repression of Expression Amidst Electoral Delays 15 September 2016 \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Country Reports
RDC : Informations concernant la corruption en République démocratique du Congo 1 September 2016 \| Publisher: France: Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides (OFPRA) \| Document type: Country Reports
Situation of human rights and the activities of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 12 August 2016 \| Publisher: UN Human Rights Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Katanga: Tensions in DRC's Mineral Heartland 3 August 2016 \| Publisher: International Crisis Group (ICG) \| Document type: Country Reports

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