Human rights reports and publications
Kisangani, 13 June 2012 – Thirty magistrates in Kisangani, Province Orientale, attended a training workshop from 12 to 14 June 2012 dealing with conflicts resolution in elections. The training was organized jointly by the…
Kisangani, 13 June 2012 – Kisangani, the provincial capital of Province Orientale hosted on Tuesday, 12 June 2012, a tripartite meeting between the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic…
Bunia, 10 June 2012 – A game between two soccer teams of Province Orientale turned violent on 6 June. MONUSCO police promptly intervened to avert the worst. The soccer game between Association sportive Nika (AS Nika) from…
Mbandaka, 2 June 2012 – The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) inaugurated on Peacekeepers Day a water pump at the University hospital of Mbandaka, the capital of…
Kananga, 8 June 2012 – Firefighters from the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) put out a fire that started at a fuel storage facility in a busy area of Kananga…
Matadi, 6 June 2012 – How best to incorporate the gender concept into the Congolese National Police Force is the theme addressed by a hundred police elements during a workshop held on 6 June by the Gender section of the…
Uvira, 12 June 2012 - In Uvira, a small town snaking its way between Lake Tanganyika and the towering mountains of the Great Rift Valley in South Kivu, eighteen colonels, lieutenant colonels, majors and a captain appeared…
Bunia, 27 April 2012 – The commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) General Chander Prakash presided over a medal award ceremony during which medals were awarded to…
On 28 November 2011, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) held its second presidential and parliamentary elections since the end of the Transition Period in 2006. These elections, intended to be calm, transparent and…
Uvira, 23 April 2012 - The United Nations Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) turned over an elementary school named Maendeleo to the delegate of the students' parents in Kiliba, territory of…
Matadi, 18 May 2012 - On the night of 17 to 18 May, 24 inmates escaped from Tshela prison, 210 km west of Matadi, the capital of Bas-Congo province. Earlier in the week, on 16 May, detainees refused to return to their dorms…
Kisangani – 25 May 2012 – The United Nations Police (UNPOL) held, on 24 May 2012, a day-long training workshop for some 32 Congolese National Police (officers) to strengthen their ability to better protect civilian…