Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Annual Reports 62
• Country Reports 1
• Speeches/Statements 1

• Abduction 10
• Albinism/Persons with Albinism 5
• Animist 5
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 24
• Armed forces / Military 3
• Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 13
• Assyrians 1
• Asylum policy 1
• Asylum-seekers 1
• Baha'i 2
• Batwa 2
• Catholic 10
• Child labour 12
• Child prostitution 7
• Child soldiers 13
• Children's rights 18
• Children-at-risk 15
• 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 8
• Crimes against humanity 1
• Criminal justice 3
• Democracy 1
• Disappeared persons 21
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 19
• Domestic violence 2
• Drug trafficking 1
• Economic, social and cultural rights 13
• Effective protection 1
• Elections 6
• Evangelical 4
• Extrajudicial executions 20
• Female genital mutilation (FGM) 1
• Forced labour 30
• Forced marriage 3
• Forced relocation 1
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 17
• Freedom of assembly and association 20
• Freedom of expression 21
• Freedom of information 5
• Freedom of movement 17
• Freedom of religion 33
• Freedom of speech 16
• Gender discrimination 20
• Gender-based persecution 1
• Generalized violence 2
• HIV and AIDS 1
• Human rights activists 3
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 14
• Human rights monitors 4
• Immigration Detention 1
• Impunity 4
• Independence of judiciary 4
• Indigenous persons 8
• Integration 1
• Internal armed conflict 4
• Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 11
• International protection 3
• Jehovah's Witness 9
• Jew 5
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 5
• Military courts 1
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 6
• Minorities 7
• Mormon 10
• Muslim 10
• National security / Public order 1
• Opposition 1
• Orthodox Christian 10
• Peacekeeping 3
• Persecution based on nationality 1
• Persecution based on political opinion 6
• Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 3
• Persons with disabilities 8
• Police 5
• Political parties 1
• Pre-trial detention 6
• Prison or detention conditions 9
• Prostitution / Commercial sex work 8
• Protestant 10
• Racial / Ethnic persecution 1
• Refugee camps 1
• Refugees 6
• Registration 2
• Religious discrimination 19
• Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 10
• Right to education 1
• Right to registration at birth 1
• Right to self-determination 3
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 2
• SGBV 20
• Sale of children 1
• Security forces 10
• Security situation 3
• Sexual and reproductive rights 1
• Social group discrimination 13
• Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 3
• Temporary protection 1
• Terrorism 7
• Threats / Intimidation 7
• Torture 4
• Trafficking in persons 38
• Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 2
• Voluntary repatriation 1
• War crimes 3
• Women's rights 18
• 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
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