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Left to right: Nancee Bright (Office of the Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict), Lisa Buttenheim (Department of Field Support), Maria Luiza Viotti, Chef de Cabinet, and Christian Saunders (Department of Management), brief the media on protection from sexual exploitation and abuse. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

United Nations Secretary-General message on International Women’s Day
DRC defence and security forces committed serious human rights violations in December 2016
Report on Human Rights violations in the DR Congo in the context of the events of 19 December 2016
Report on Human Rights violations in the DR Congo in the context of the events of 19 December 2016

KINSHASA/GENEVA (1 March 2017) – Defence and security forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo used excessive, disproportionate and at times lethal force to prevent and contain demonstrations in December 2016, a UN report published today has found.

28 Feb 2017
The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the violence witnessed in the Kasaï region over recent months.
Commemoration of 15th anniversary of Radio Okapi in Goma
Principales tendances de violations des Droits de l’homme au cours du mois de janvier 2017
The HIV/AIDS Section of MONUSCO leads in the promotion of activities that connect shifting attitudes to HIV prevention among the youths in Goma
Joint statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the African Union, the United Nations, the European Union and the International Organization of La Francophonie
Reported killings in DR Congo town could amount to serious rights violations - UN rights arm

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