Human rights reports and publications
In recent weeks, MONUSCO Force in collaboration with the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo launched and intensified offensives against armed groups resisting to the peace process in Ituri. For two weeks…
Kinshasa, 11 October 2023: MONUSCO has taken immediate and robust action in response to reports of serious misconduct by UN peacekeepers.
Misinformation poses a significant risk to UN peacekeeping operations. Allowed to fester, it not only damages the perception of a mission and creates confusion about the role of ‘blue helmets’, it can also put their lives in…
" Contrary to what some people think, we do a lot, every day, and even outside the Beni region, for peace to return to eastern DRC". General Enock Ntonya, outgoing commander of the MONUSCO Intervention Brigade (FIB), made…
Marcelinne instinctively puts on a sincere smile when asked about her dream. For a second, the words won't come out of her mouth, then she finally answers: doctor. In reality, such an answer wasn't always so obvious. "At home…
Kinshasa, 31 August 2023: MONUSCO, has received reports of the deaths of civilians during an unauthorised demonstration in Goma on Wednesday 30 August 2023.
Kinshasa, 31 August 2023: MONUSCO, has received reports of the deaths of civilians during an unauthorised demonstration in Goma on Wednesday 30 August 2023.
On a Monday in 1993, when civil war broke out in his country, Patrick (*) was just four years old. His father was forced to take his family to safety and leave the town of Giciye in Rwanda for the province of North Kivu in…
As part of the fight against cyber-harassment against politically active women, MONUSCO Gender section in collaboration with the feminist movement “Bisobasi Telema” (Women, Let Us Rise) organized from August 14 to 15 in…
During her tour, Bintou Keita consulted with provincial governments and different communities on the priority actions needed for a smooth but accelerated transition process. Read the full story here ➡️ press_release.pdf
In a statement released on July 13, 24 United Nations entities that make up the United Nations Network against Sexual Violence in Conflict, led by the United Nations Special Representative Pramila Patten, joined the latter’s…
“From a smartphone, I will produce videos to echo good information”. Blessing Kasasi, aged 15, is a women's and children's rights activist. She participated in a training in Kinshasa supported by MONUSCO on the production of…