Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Country News 2
• Country Reports 38
• Maps 4

• Abduction 2
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 3
• Armed forces / Military 5
• Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 2
• Capacity building of state institutions 1
• Child soldiers 4
• Children's rights 5
• Combatants / Former combatants 3
• Crimes against humanity 1
• Criminal justice 1
• Death penalty 1
• Demobilization / Disarmament 2
• Disappeared persons 1
• Elections 1
• Extrajudicial executions 13
• Forced labour 1
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 8
• Freedom of assembly and association 1
• Freedom of expression 2
• Freedom of information 2
• Freedom of speech 1
• Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 1
• Human rights activists 1
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 13
• Human rights monitors 1
• Impunity 4
• Internal armed conflict 1
• Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 3
• International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 1
• Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 1
• Police 4
• Political groups 1
• Political situation 3
• Pre-trial detention 7
• Prison or detention conditions 9
• Prosecution vs persecution 1
• Protection of civilian persons in time of war 3
• Right to life 7
• SGBV 11
• Security forces 11
• Security situation 4
• Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 1
• Unaccompanied / Separated children 2

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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