Human rights reports and publications
In response to security challenges affecting communities in Ituri, MONUSCO launched Operation Safe Schooling to help keep learning spaces open and secure, and to reinforce a protective environment for children and education…
In Ituri Province, MONUSCO is implementing the final phase of Operation Secure Harvest, launched on 26 October 2025 and scheduled to conclude on 31 January 2026. The operation aims to reduce protection risks linked to the…
The city of Beni, the provisional capital of North Kivu, has reached a historic milestone in security governance with the adoption of its Local Security Plan (LSP), designed to strengthen the protection of civilians and…
December 2025 saw a range of MONUSCO interventions and civilian protection activities, particularly in Ituri and North Kivu provinces, which remain affected by armed group activity. Contrary to what is sometimes assumed…
MONUSCO, through the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO), handed over material support on Thursday, 15 January, in Bunia to the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) and to the Monitoring Committee for…
The Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Acting Head of MONUSCO, Ms. Vivian Van de Perre, met in Lomé on 17 January 2026 with the President of…
On 13 January, at the African Union City, President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi met with the Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG a.i.), Vivian van de Perre. Discussions focused on the deteriorating…
Jean-Tobie Okala This Monday, December 29, 2025, Moroccan blue helmets from MONUSCO organized a medical campaign for detainees at the central prison of Bunia, the provincial capital of Ituri. One hundred forty-eight prisoners…
Jean-Tobie Okala Twenty-eight civilians, including nine children and seven women, found refuge on Thursday, December 25 in the MONUSCO military base in Bayoo, approximately 95 kilometers from Bunia, in Ituri. These people…
Jean-Tobie Okala Christmas came early for residents of the Sayo neighborhood located in the northwest of the city of Beni, in North Kivu. The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) launched…
Jean-Tobie OKALA Residents of the Djugu territory are beginning to return to their villages. This is the result of operations conducted by the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) against the CRP militia…
Jean-Tobie OKALA On December 18 and 19, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), organized a…