The United Nations Joint Human Rights Office in Bukavu, South Kivu, organized from 2 through 4 September 2015, a capacity-building workshop for 30 senior and junior staff members of the provincial Human Rights Division in the South-Kivu province. The main objective of the workshop was to help participants increased their knowledge of the concepts of human rights and fundamental freedoms as well as the concept of right in general.

The initiative taken by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (BCNUDH) would help the senior and junior staff members of the Human Rights Division and other human rights technical departments in the South-Kivu, 7 of whom women, to familiarize themselves with the different national, regional and international legal instruments to better carry out their mission of protecting the Human Rights.

The modules used by the workshop respectively focused on the mission assigned to the Human Rights Division, its challenges and perspectives, the administrative mechanisms to facilitate any claim for Human Rights, the general concepts on the Human Rights, the protection of the victims and witnesses as well as the role of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office in the promotion and protection of the Human Rights.

The presentations were followed by productive discussions during which recommendations were formulated to the Joint Human Rights Office, the Government and the provincial human rights Division.

The Joint Human Rights Office also provides institutional support to the Division and its territorial offices in terms of equipment.

The provincial human rights division was established in the South-Kivu two years ago, with the objective of promoting and protecting the human rights. Initially it was faced with lack of institutional support and poor human capacities and had to set up Human Rights presence in 8 territories where gross human rights abuse were committed.

Biliaminou Alao