Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Abduction 7
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 11
• Armed attacks on camps 2
• Armed forces / Military 13
• Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 27
• Batwa 1
• Catholic 1
• Ceasefire 1
• Child soldiers 8
• Children's rights 4
• Children-at-risk 4
• Civil and political rights 3
• Combatants / Former combatants 6
• Communal conflict / Social conflict 2
• Conflict prevention 2
• Conflict resolution 2
• Conflict situation 2
• Crimes against humanity 11
• Criminal justice 3
• Death penalty 1
• Demobilization / Disarmament 1
• Democracy 3
• Disappeared persons 3
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 1
• Effective remedy 11
• Elections 6
• Extrajudicial executions 8
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 7
• Freedom of assembly and association 9
• Freedom of expression 8
• Freedom of information 2
• Freedom of movement 1
• Freedom of speech 3
• Gender-based persecution 1
• Genocide 2
• Good governance 4
• Human Rights Council 1
• Human rights activists 14
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 4
• Human rights monitors 7
• Humanitarian assistance 1
• Hutus 2
• Impunity 7
• Independence of judiciary 1
• Internal armed conflict 11
• Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 5
• International armed conflict 1
• International courts and tribunals 14
• International criminal law 6
• International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 1
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 1
• Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims 2
• Migrants 1
• Military courts 2
• Military law 1
• Military operations 2
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 4
• Minorities 1
• National security / Public order 2
• Non-state agents of persecution 1
• Opposition 3
• Peace agreements 2
• Peace process 1
• Peacekeeping 6
• Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 1
• Persecution based on political opinion 8
• Police 1
• Political groups 1
• Political parties 4
• Political situation 13
• Prison or detention conditions 1
• Protection of camps 1
• Protection of civilian persons in time of war 17
• Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 6
• Public health 1
• Racial / Ethnic persecution 2
• Refugee camps 1
• Refugees 2
• Rejected asylum-seekers 1
• Right to food 1
• Right to justice 6
• Right to life 1
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 4
• Sanctions 5
• Security forces 7
• Security situation 13
• Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 10
• Visas 1
• War crimes 25
• Women-at-risk 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