Goma, 18 July: Goma DDR transit camp, located in the vicinity of Goma airport, has received combatants from various armed groups active in the eastern DRC: FRPI (Front de Résistance Patriotique de l’Ituri), FDLR (Front Démocratique pour la Libération du Rwanda) and the different Mai Mai groups. Those ex-combatants generally spend a short stay in the camp, say 5 to 7 days before being either handed over to the Congolese Government officials if…
Title: Report of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office on international humanitarian law violations committed by Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) combatants in the territory of Beni, North Kivu province, between 1 October and 31 December 2014. Download the file: The present report, published in May 2015, details grave violations of international humanitarian law committed by combatants of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) against civilians…
North-Kivu - 15 July 2015: A delegation from the Secretariat Office of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office in charge of Due Diligence Policy was received by the Provincial Commissioner of the Congolese National Police PNC/ North Kivu, General AWACHANGO Vital, assisted by his close aids from Goma, Rutshuru and Masisi; the United Nations Police from HQ and Goma sector also attended the meeting. The talks, inter alia, focused on the…
Dungu – Saturday, 11 July 2015: Dungu HQ hosted the second edition of the press forum initiated by MONUSCO PID in partnership with the local press around the topic: "What civil society for Dungu?" Guest: Mr. Mbikobado Wami Jacques, civil society coordinator. The meeting was attended by political and administrative officials, MONUSCO officials, civil society members, students and members of the local press. The civil society coordinator, assisted…
The fulfilment of the mandate of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) rested on “persistent engagement” with the Government on the security situation in the East, the electoral process and the ongoing strategic dialogue, the Security Council heard today during its periodic briefing on the subject. On the security situation, there was “a ray of hope on one of the front lines”…
Uvira - 8 July 2015: MONUSCO Police Component held a sensitization session on MONUSCO’s mandate, more particularly the one of its police for holyday makers in holiday camps. The chief of the United Nations Police, UNPOL NYUIKI Peter TAKEH, first explained MONUSCO’s mandate with a special focus on the mandate for the Police Component in accessible language, using simple terms with the assistance of an interpreter into the Swahili language for all…
Lubumbashi, 3 July 2015: About fifty journalists from Katanga province signed a code of good conduct to adopt during the electoral period, at the end of a workshop on the role of Medias in achieving a peaceful electoral period in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Facilitated by the Office of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) in Lubumbashi, the objective of the workshop was to build journalists’ capacity to…
South Kivu, 9 July 2015 — In South Kivu, the prison in Kalehe, after its recent renovation thanks to MONUSCO, was officially handed over to the provincial minister of Justice and Human rights, Mme Gisele Balegamire, on Thursday 9 July 2015. The minister received the keys to the refurbished prison during an ceremony attended by administrative, security and migration authorities, military and police officials, as well as representatives of the…
Goma, 7 July 2015- MONUSCO Justice Support Section in collaboration with the provincial Justice division in the North-Kivu province organized a two-day workshop in the North-Kivu for about twenty North-Kivu prison staff members, which workshop led to the crafting of a contingency plan for the Goma central prison. The role of the prisons managers is to prevent prisoners’ escape by setting up appropriate security mechanisms, for example, hidden…
Uvira, 8 July 2015 – The United Nations Joint Human Right Office, UNJHRO, in collaboration with Sukula II military operations command in the South-Kivu province and the local Military Public Prosecution Office organized on Wednesday 8 July 2015 in Uvira a sensitization on the Act No 0011/008 of 9 July 2011 bearing on the criminalization of torture in the DRC. This activity is part of the commemoration of the International Day in support of the…