Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Annual Reports 25
• Country News 40
• Country Reports 52
• Speeches/Statements 4
• Thematic Reports 1

• 1969 OAU Convention 1
• Abduction 10
• Access to procedures 2
• Anti-terrorism law 1
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 25
• Armed attacks on camps 6
• Armed forces / Military 7
• Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 33
• Asylum-seekers 1
• Ceasefire 2
• Child soldiers 24
• Children's rights 4
• Children-at-risk 3
• Civil and political rights 2
• Civil war 2
• Civilian character of asylum 3
• Combatants / Former combatants 3
• Communal conflict / Social conflict 4
• Conflict situation 4
• Constitutional law 1
• Contemporary forms of slavery 2
• Convention against Torture (CAT) 1
• Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 2
• Corruption 6
• Coup d'état 2
• Crimes against humanity 6
• Criminal justice 6
• Death in custody 1
• Death penalty 24
• Demobilization / Disarmament 9
• Deportation / Forcible return 9
• Disappeared persons 10
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 3
• Domestic violence 1
• Economic, social and cultural rights 2
• Effective remedy 2
• Elections 4
• Embargo 2
• Expulsion 1
• Extrajudicial executions 34
• Family law 1
• Family reunification 1
• Forced labour 1
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 33
• Freedom of assembly and association 4
• Freedom of conscience 2
• Freedom of expression 14
• Freedom of information 1
• Freedom of movement 3
• Freedom of religion 2
• Freedom of speech 1
• Gender-based persecution 1
• Genocide 2
• Good governance 3
• Gross, systematic and large-scale 1
• HIV and AIDS 1
• Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 4
• Human Rights Council 2
• Human rights activists 30
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 9
• Human rights courts 3
• Human rights monitors 5
• IDP camps 2
• Illegal entry 1
• Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 1
• Impunity 21
• Independence of judiciary 5
• Internal armed conflict 13
• Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 16
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 2
• International armed conflict 2
• International courts and tribunals 14
• International criminal law 2
• International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 4
• International protection 1
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 1
• Location of camps 1
• Mass exodus 2
• Medical screening 1
• Migrant rights 1
• Migrants 1
• Military courts 6
• Military law 3
• Military operations 1
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 6
• Non-refoulement 1
• Opposition 4
• Peace agreements 6
• Peace process 3
• Peacekeeping 12
• Persecution based on nationality 1
• Persecution based on political opinion 3
• Persecution of family members 1
• Police 7
• Political situation 7
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 1
• Pre-trial detention 2
• Prevention of discrimination 1
• Prison or detention conditions 11
• Prosecution vs persecution 1
• Protection of camps 3
• Protection of civilian persons in time of war 15
• Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 2
• Public health 2
• Racial / Ethnic persecution 10
• Reception 1
• Reconciliation 1
• Refoulement 5
• Refugee camps 8
• Refugees 11
• Reintegration 4
• Rejection at border 1
• Return conditions 1
• Returnees 2
• Right to education 2
• Right to justice 4
• Right to life 4
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 7
• SGBV 31
• Secondary movement 1
• Security forces 31
• Security situation 21
• Small arms 2
• Temporary protection 1
• Terrorism 1
• Torture 9
• Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 1
• UNHCR mandate 1
• Unaccompanied / Separated children 1
• Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1
• Voluntary repatriation 5
• War crimes 8
• Women's rights 2
• Women-at-risk 3

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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
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• 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
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• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Congo, Democratic Republic of the
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• 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
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