Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Annual Reports 26
• Country News 49
• Country Reports 54
• Speeches/Statements 5
• Thematic Reports 1

• 1969 OAU Convention 1
• Abduction 11
• Access to procedures 2
• Airports 1
• 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 34
• Asylum-seekers 1
• Ceasefire 2
• Child soldiers 25
• Children's rights 4
• Children-at-risk 3
• Civil and political rights 3
• Civil war 2
• Civilian character of asylum 3
• Combatants / Former combatants 3
• Communal conflict / Social conflict 5
• 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 7
• Criminal justice 6
• Death in custody 1
• Death penalty 24
• Demobilization / Disarmament 9
• Democracy 1
• 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 3
• Elections 6
• Embargo 2
• Expulsion 1
• Extrajudicial executions 36
• Family law 1
• Family reunification 1
• Forced labour 1
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 33
• Freedom of assembly and association 10
• Freedom of conscience 2
• Freedom of expression 18
• Freedom of information 2
• Freedom of movement 3
• Freedom of religion 2
• Freedom of speech 2
• 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 33
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 10
• Human rights courts 3
• Human rights monitors 6
• IDP camps 2
• Illegal entry 1
• Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 1
• Impunity 22
• Independence of judiciary 5
• Internal armed conflict 16
• Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 18
• 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 5
• 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
• National security / Public order 1
• Non-refoulement 1
• Opposition 4
• Peace agreements 6
• Peace process 3
• Peacekeeping 14
• Persecution based on nationality 1
• Persecution based on political opinion 4
• Persecution of family members 1
• Police 7
• Political parties 1
• Political situation 11
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 1
• Pre-trial detention 2
• Prevention of discrimination 1
• Prison or detention conditions 12
• Prosecution vs persecution 1
• Protection of camps 3
• Protection of civilian persons in time of war 16
• Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 6
• Public health 2
• Racial / Ethnic persecution 10
• Reception 1
• Reconciliation 1
• Refoulement 5
• Refugee camps 8
• Refugees 12
• Reintegration 4
• Rejection at border 1
• Return conditions 1
• Returnees 2
• Right to education 3
• Right to justice 6
• Right to liberty and security 1
• Right to life 5
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 7
• SGBV 33
• Secondary movement 1
• Security forces 33
• Security situation 22
• Small arms 2
• Temporary protection 1
• Terrorism 1
• Torture 10
• Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 1
• UNHCR mandate 1
• Unaccompanied / Separated children 1
• Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1
• Voluntary repatriation 5
• War crimes 9
• 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
• 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