Human rights reports and publications
Beni, 12 July, 2016 - The HIV/AIDS Section of MONUSCO has ended a four-day HIV sensitization campaign in Beni. The aim of the awareness activities was to sensitize officers of the Congolese National Armed Forces (FARDC) and…
Durant le mois de juin 2016, le BCNUDH a documenté 422 violations des droits de l’homme sur le territoire de la RDC, ce qui représente une hausse par rapport au mois de mai 2016 au cours duquel 384 violations avaient été…
7 July 2016 – An inclusive and credible dialogue among Congolese stakeholders is the only realistic way to defuse political tensions, overcome the electoral impasse and prevent violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…
On Thursday 7 July 2016, the Cercle Sportif of Bukavu in the provincial capital of South Kivu hosted the closing ceremony for a refresher course during which some 60 members of Bukavu’s Mobile Intervention Group were…
The ceremony marking the completion of the border policing training course for 50 senior and low-level members of the Congolese National Police (PNC) and the General Directorate for Migration (DGM) was held on 28 June 2016 at…
Addis Ababa, 4 July 2016: The African Union (AU) today held the inaugural meeting of the Support Group to the AU-led Facilitation of the Congolese National Dialogue. The meeting, which was chaired by the AU Commissioner for…
Kinshasa, 2nd July 2016 - Following the demise of Reverend Father Apollinaire Malumalu in the night of Thursday 30th June 2016 in Dallas, USA, MONUSCO pays a glowing tribute to the man credited with organizing the first…
Kinshasa, 30 June 2016 - On the occasion of the commemoration of 56th anniversary of the Independence of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on 30 June 2016, MONUSCO extends its warm congratulations to the Government and people…
Bunia – 28 June 2016: On the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) in Ituri organized a conference that brought together local human rights…
Kinshasa, 26 June 2016 – On the occasion of the commemoration of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, this 26 June 2016, the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office in collaboration with the Ministry of…
Cannes, France – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the launch of a first-of-its-kind initiative developed among the six largest communications businesses globally in support of the Sustainable…
‘The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.’ (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) As MONUSCO’s Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)…