Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Abduction 3
• Appeal / Right to appeal 1
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 7
• Armed attacks on camps 2
• Armed forces / Military 5
• Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 14
• Asylum-seekers 1
• Child labour 1
• Child soldiers 9
• Children's rights 4
• Children-at-risk 4
• Combatants / Former combatants 3
• Conflict situation 1
• Contemporary forms of slavery 2
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 2
• Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 2
• Criminal justice 2
• Demobilization / Disarmament 1
• Deportation / Forcible return 2
• Disappeared persons 2
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 1
• Domestic violence 1
• Elections 2
• Ethnic cleansing 1
• Extrajudicial executions 10
• Forced labour 3
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 5
• Freedom of assembly and association 1
• Freedom of expression 2
• Freedom of movement 1
• Gang related violence 1
• Gender discrimination 1
• Gender-based persecution 1
• Genocide 1
• HIV and AIDS 2
• Human rights activists 4
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 1
• Human rights monitors 2
• Hutus 1
• IDP camps 1
• Impunity 4
• Independence of judiciary 2
• Internal armed conflict 3
• Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 2
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 2
• International courts and tribunals 3
• International criminal law 1
• International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 6
• Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 1
• Legal representation / Legal aid 1
• Migrant rights 1
• Migrants 1
• Military courts 1
• Military law 1
• Military operations 3
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 4
• Peace process 3
• Peacekeeping 1
• Persecution based on political opinion 2
• Police 2
• Political situation 2
• Pre-trial detention 1
• Prison or detention conditions 1
• Prostitution / Commercial sex work 1
• Protection of civilian persons in time of war 4
• Public health 1
• Racial / Ethnic persecution 7
• Refugee camps 2
• Refugees 1
• Right to a nationality 1
• Right to education 2
• Right to justice 2
• Right to seek asylum 1
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 7
• Security forces 9
• Security situation 5
• Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 15
• Tutsis 1
• Unaccompanied / Separated children 1
• War crimes 2
• Women-at-risk 3

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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