Democratic Republic of the Congo

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• Appeal / Right to appeal 3
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 3
• Asylum policy 1
• Burden of proof 2
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• Country of origin information (COI) 2
• Credibility assessment 5
• Criminal justice 3
• Deportation / Forcible return 5
• Derivative status 1
• Disappeared persons 1
• Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 8
• Exceptional leave to remain (ELR) 1
• False documents 1
• Family reunification 1
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 6
• HIV and AIDS 1
• Illegal entry 2
• Immigration Detention 2
• Immigration law 1
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 1
• Non-state agents of persecution 1
• Passports 1
• Persecution based on nationality 1
• Persecution based on political opinion 7
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 1
• Pre-entry procedures 1
• Racial / Ethnic persecution 2
• Refugees 1
• Regional instruments 1
• Rejected asylum-seekers 1
• Residence permits / Residency 1
• Right to family life 6
• Right to health 2
• Rwandans 1
• SGBV 2
• Travel documents 2
• Tutsis 1
• Well-founded fear of persecution 1
• Witnesses 1

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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