Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Annual Reports 65
• Country Reports 1
• Speeches/Statements 1

• Abduction 11
• Access to procedures 1
• Albinism/Persons with Albinism 6
• Animist 5
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 25
• Armed forces / Military 3
• Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 14
• Assyrians 1
• Asylum policy 2
• Asylum-seekers 1
• Baha'i 2
• Batwa 2
• Catholic 10
• Child labour 14
• Child prostitution 9
• Child soldiers 15
• Children's rights 19
• Children-at-risk 16
• Christian 10
• Contemporary forms of slavery 2
• Convention against Torture (CAT) 1
• Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) 1
• Copts 1
• Corruption 9
• Crimes against humanity 1
• Criminal justice 3
• Democracy 1
• Disappeared persons 22
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 20
• Domestic violence 3
• Drug trafficking 2
• Economic, social and cultural rights 13
• Effective protection 2
• Elections 7
• Evangelical 4
• Extrajudicial executions 21
• Female genital mutilation (FGM) 2
• Forced labour 32
• Forced marriage 5
• Forced relocation 1
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 17
• Freedom of assembly and association 21
• Freedom of expression 22
• Freedom of information 6
• Freedom of movement 18
• Freedom of religion 35
• Freedom of speech 17
• Gender discrimination 21
• Gender-based persecution 1
• Generalized violence 2
• HIV and AIDS 2
• Harmful traditional practices 1
• Human rights activists 3
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 14
• Human rights monitors 5
• Immigration Detention 1
• Impunity 5
• Independence of judiciary 4
• Indigenous persons 9
• Integration 1
• Internal armed conflict 5
• Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 12
• International protection 3
• Jehovah's Witness 9
• Jew 6
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 6
• Military courts 1
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 6
• Minorities 8
• Mormon 10
• Muslim 10
• National security / Public order 2
• Opposition 1
• Orthodox Christian 10
• Peacekeeping 3
• Persecution based on nationality 1
• Persecution based on political opinion 7
• Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 4
• Persons with disabilities 9
• Police 6
• Political parties 2
• Pre-trial detention 7
• Prison or detention conditions 10
• Prostitution / Commercial sex work 8
• Protestant 10
• Racial / Ethnic persecution 1
• Refugee camps 1
• Refugees 7
• Registration 2
• Religious discrimination 19
• Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 10
• Right to education 2
• Right to registration at birth 2
• Right to self-determination 3
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 3
• SGBV 21
• Sale of children 1
• Security forces 11
• Security situation 3
• Sexual and reproductive rights 2
• Smuggling of persons 1
• Social group discrimination 13
• Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 3
• Temporary protection 2
• Terrorism 7
• Threats / Intimidation 8
• Torture 5
• Trafficking in persons 40
• Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 3
• Unaccompanied / Separated children 1
• Voluntary repatriation 1
• War crimes 3
• Women's rights 19
• 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