Democratic Republic of the Congo

Country Information 559
Reference Documents 1

1969 OAU Convention 1
Abduction 21
Abuse of psychiatry 3
Access to procedures 1
Access to water 1
Administrative law 1
Airports 1
Albinism/Persons with Albinism 1
Anti-terrorism law 1
Appeal / Right to appeal 1
Arbitrary arrest and detention 33
Armed attacks on camps 9
Armed forces / Military 43
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 98
Asylum policy 2
Asylum-migration nexus 1
Asylum-seekers 12
Banyarwanda 2
Batwa 2
Border conflict 3
Camp management 1
Capacity building of state institutions 5
Ceasefire 4
Child labour 1
Child soldiers 44
Children's rights 29
Children-at-risk 20
Christian 3
Civil and political rights 2
Civil war 3
Civilian character of asylum 3
Combatants / Former combatants 24
Communal conflict / Social conflict 7
Conflict prevention 1
Conflict resolution 8
Conflict situation 44
Constitutional law 1
Contemporary forms of slavery 5
Convention against Torture (CAT) 1
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 5
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 5
Corruption 10
Country of origin information (COI) 2
Coup d'état 2
Crimes against humanity 4
Crimes against peace 1
Criminal justice 10
Death in custody 1
Death penalty 15
Demobilization / Disarmament 35
Democracy 3
Deportation / Forcible return 12
Derivative status 1
Disappeared persons 17
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 9
Domestic violence 10
EU Qualification Directive 1
Economic, social and cultural rights 6
Effective remedy 2
Elections 30
Embargo 2
Entry / Exit 1
Ethnic cleansing 1
Extrajudicial executions 55
Extreme poverty 1
False documents 3
Family law 1
Family reunification 1
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 6
Forced labour 5
Forced marriage 4
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 45
Freedom of assembly and association 13
Freedom of conscience 2
Freedom of expression 21
Freedom of information 9
Freedom of movement 6
Freedom of religion 6
Freedom of speech 7
Gender discrimination 8
Gender mainstreaming 2
Gender-based persecution 13
Genocide 5
Good governance 9
Gross, systematic and large-scale 3
HIV and AIDS 5
Harmful traditional practices 5
Hindu 1
Honour killings 1
Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 14
Human Rights Council 4
Human rights activists 26
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 66
Human rights courts 3
Human rights law 1
Human rights monitors 11
Humanitarian assistance 14
Hutus 6
IDP camps 7
Illegal entry 1
Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 1
Immigrants 4
Impunity 31
Independence of judiciary 14
Indigenous persons 2
Integration 2
Internal armed conflict 51
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 55
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 4
International armed conflict 3
International courts and tribunals 5
International criminal law 5
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 11
International protection 1
Kasaians 1
Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 1
Legal representation / Legal aid 2
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 6
Livelihoods 8
Location of camps 1
Luba 1
Lunda, Yeke 1
Mass exodus 2
Maternal and child health care 3
Medical screening 1
Mental health 1
Migrant rights 3
Migrants 6
Military courts 6
Military law 4
Military operations 14
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 17
Minorities 9
Minority rights 4
Muslim 3
Ngbandi 2
Non-refoulement 1
Non-state agents of persecution 3
Older persons 1
Opposition 11
Orderly return 2
Passports 5
Peace agreements 12
Peace process 25
Peacekeeping 43
Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 1
Persecution based on nationality 1
Persecution based on political opinion 12
Persecution of family members 1
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 1
Persons of concern to UNHCR 1
Persons with disabilities 1
Piracy 2
Police 11
Political groups 7
Political parties 13
Political situation 88
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 1
Pre-trial detention 12
Prevention of discrimination 1
Prison or detention conditions 20
Prosecution vs persecution 1
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 4
Protection of camps 3
Protection of civilian persons in time of war 36
Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 4
Public health 10
Racial / Ethnic persecution 19
Reconciliation 4
Referendum 2
Refoulement 5
Refugee / Asylum law 2
Refugee camps 12
Refugee identity documents 1
Refugees 39
Reintegration 15
Rejected asylum-seekers 3
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 4
Resettlement 2
Return conditions 11
Returnees 19
Right to a nationality 1
Right to education 8
Right to health 6
Right to justice 7
Right to liberty and security 4
Right to life 19
Right to registration at birth 1
Right to return 3
Right to seek asylum 2
Rights of non-citizens 3
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 21
Rwandans 2
SGBV 85
Sanctions 4
Security forces 63
Security situation 101
Serious non-political crime 1
Sexual and reproductive rights 1
Small arms 1
Social group discrimination 1
Somalis 1
Spontaneous return 2
State of emergency 1
Statelessness 3
Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 4
Temporary protection 1
Terrorism 10
Torture 2
Trafficking in persons 10
Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 2
Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 1
Tutsis 8
UNHCR mandate 1
Unaccompanied / Separated children 6
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 5
Voluntary repatriation 8
War crimes 8
Witchcraft 2
Women's rights 29
Women-at-risk 22

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Democratic Republic of the Congo: International Commission of Inquiry Needed to Ensure Justice, Truth and Reparation for Human Rights Violations and Abuses in the Kasai Region 5 June 2017 \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Country Reports
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Information on the Political Situation in Kinshasa 31 April 2017 \| Publisher: Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD) \| Document type: Country Reports
Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region 10 March 2017 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 10 March 2017 \| Publisher: UN Security Council \| Document type: Country Reports
Humanitarian cash transfers in the Democratic Republic of Congo March 2017 \| Publisher: Overseas Development Institute (ODI) \| Document type: Country Reports
Democratic Republic of Congo: Confronting outbreaks of violence and political unrest in order to safeguard democratic March 2017 \| Publisher: International Federation for Human Rights \| Document type: Country Reports
United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) MONUSCO-OHCHR. Report on Human Rights Violations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the Context of the Events of 19 December 2016 February 2017 \| Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) \| Document type: Country Reports
What the Girls Say. Improving practices for the demobilisation and reintegration of girls associated with armed forces and armed groups in Democratic Republic of Congo 2017 \| Publisher: Child Soldiers International \| Document type: Country Reports
"If I could go to school…" Education as a tool to prevent the recruitment of girls and assist with their recovery and reintegration in Democratic Republic of Congo 5 December 2016 \| Publisher: Child Soldiers International \| Document type: Country Reports
Tracking change in livelihoods, service delivery and governance: Evidence from a 2012-2015 panel survey in South Kivu, DRC December 2016 \| Publisher: Overseas Development Institute (ODI) \| Document type: Country Reports

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