Democratic Republic of the Congo

Country Information 312
Reference Documents 6

1951 Refugee Convention 1
Abduction 21
Access to procedures 4
Access to water 3
Airports 2
Albinism/Persons with Albinism 6
Animist 5
Arbitrary arrest and detention 38
Armed attacks on camps 2
Armed forces / Military 18
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 56
Assyrians 1
Asylum policy 1
Asylum-seekers 19
Baha'i 2
Banyamulenge 1
Batwa 11
Berber 1
Border controls 3
Border crossers 1
Cabinda 1
Catholic 10
Ceasefire 1
Child labour 28
Child prostitution 16
Child soldiers 43
Children's rights 47
Children-at-risk 23
Christian 10
Civil and political rights 1
Civilian character of asylum 2
Combatants / Former combatants 4
Communal conflict / Social conflict 9
Conflict resolution 2
Conflict situation 4
Contemporary forms of slavery 2
Convention against Torture (CAT) 1
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) 1
Copts 1
Corruption 18
Crimes against humanity 4
Criminal justice 10
Dalit 1
Death penalty 15
Demobilization / Disarmament 8
Democracy 6
Deportation / Forcible return 10
Disappeared persons 26
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 24
Domestic violence 2
Drug trafficking 2
Economic, social and cultural rights 14
Effective protection 1
Elections 24
Equality before the law 2
Ethnic cleansing 1
Evangelical 5
Expulsion 3
Extradition 1
Extrajudicial executions 40
Extreme poverty 5
False documents 1
Family reunification 1
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 5
Forced labour 39
Forced marriage 7
Forced relocation 4
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 40
Freedom of assembly and association 40
Freedom of conscience 2
Freedom of expression 111
Freedom of information 35
Freedom of movement 37
Freedom of religion 41
Freedom of speech 18
Gender discrimination 21
Gender-based persecution 1
Generalized violence 5
Good governance 1
Gross, systematic and large-scale 1
Group / Prima facie determination 10
HIV and AIDS 5
Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 8
Human rights activists 37
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 41
Human rights monitors 9
Humanitarian assistance 8
Hutus 6
Illegal entry 5
Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 3
Immigration Detention 14
Impunity 30
Income-generating projects 2
Independence of judiciary 9
Indigenous persons 19
Integration 1
Internal armed conflict 24
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 44
International courts and tribunals 14
International criminal law 2
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 7
International protection 3
Involuntary repatriation 1
Jehovah's Witness 9
Jew 5
Kasaians 1
Kikuyu 1
Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 1
Legal representation / Legal aid 1
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 10
Livelihoods 2
Location of camps 1
Luba 1
Maternal and child health care 2
Mbororo 1
Military courts 1
Military operations 3
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 15
Minorities 23
Minority rights 8
Mormon 10
Muslim 10
National security / Public order 1
Naturalization 1
Nomads 1
Non-state agents of persecution 1
Nuba 1
Older persons 1
Opposition 3
Oromo 1
Orthodox Christian 10
Pastoralists 1
Peace agreements 1
Peacekeeping 14
Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 1
Persecution based on nationality 3
Persecution based on political opinion 8
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 3
Persons of concern to UNHCR 2
Persons with disabilities 14
Police 14
Political parties 2
Political situation 7
Pre-trial detention 13
Prison or detention conditions 25
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 8
Protection of civilian persons in time of war 21
Protestant 10
Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 3
Public health 18
Racial / Ethnic persecution 3
Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 2
Refoulement 7
Refugee camps 17
Refugee identity documents 15
Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 16
Refugee travel documents / CTDs 15
Refugees 34
Registration 3
Reintegration 1
Rejected asylum-seekers 6
Rejection at border 2
Religious discrimination 19
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 10
Reservation 4
Resettlement 1
Residence permits / Residency 8
Returnees 4
Right to education 26
Right to employment 17
Right to food 6
Right to health 2
Right to justice 7
Right to liberty and security 1
Right to registration at birth 1
Right to self-determination 3
Roma 3
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 15
SGBV 66
Sale of children 1
Sanctions 2
Security forces 28
Security situation 21
Sexual and reproductive rights 1
Smuggling of persons 1
Social group discrimination 13
Statelessness 5
Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 3
Temporary protection 1
Terrorism 11
Threats / Intimidation 9
Torture 23
Trafficking in persons 44
Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 3
Travel documents 1
Tutsis 7
Unaccompanied / Separated children 2
Urban refugees 7
Voluntary repatriation 12
War crimes 9
Women's rights 29
Women-at-risk 14
Work permits 11
Zulus 1

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Freedom in the World 2017 - Congo, Democratic Republic of (Kinshasa) 8 June 2017 \| Publisher: Freedom House \| Document type: Annual Reports
Annual Report 2016 - Congo, Democratic Republic of the 23 May 2017 \| Publisher: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) \| Document type: Annual Reports
2016 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - Congo, Democratic Republic of the 3 March 2017 \| Publisher: United States Department of State \| Document type: Annual Reports
Amnesty International Report 2016/17 - Democratic Republic of the Congo 22 February 2017 \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Annual Reports
World Report 2017 - Democratic Republic of Congo 12 January 2017 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Annual Reports
Journalists Killed in 2016 - Motive Unconfirmed: Marcel Lubala 31 December 2016 \| Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists \| Document type: Annual Reports
Freedom of the Press 2016 - Congo, Democratic Republic of (Kinshasa) 1 December 2016 \| Publisher: Freedom House \| Document type: Annual Reports
2015 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor - Congo, Democratic Republic of the 30 September 2016 \| Publisher: United States Department of Labor \| Document type: Annual Reports
2015 Report on International Religious Freedom - Democratic Republic of the Congo 10 August 2016 \| Publisher: United States Department of State \| Document type: Annual Reports
State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2016 - Democratic Republic of the Congo 12 July 2016 \| Publisher: Minority Rights Group International \| Document type: Annual Reports

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