Uvira, 27 June 2015 – MONUSCO multi-disciplinary mission comprised of the following sections: Public Information, Civil Affairs, Child Protection, BCNUDH, DDR-RR and United Nations Joint Human Right Office visited Lulimbi, in the far-south of the Territory of Fizi, South-Kivu province on Tuesday 23 June 2015 to interact with the local community, 220 km away from Uvira and encourage them to perpetuate the civilian protection mechanism in place…
The United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) in Bunia in partnership with Human Rights NGOs organized an open conference-debate in the district of Ituri to mark the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture commemorated on 26 June of each year. The concepts of torture and Human Rights violations as well as the situational analysis of the acts of tortures committed in this district and fight against torture from 2013 to date are…
English | French Title: Report of the Mapping Exercise documenting the most serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law committed within the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between March 1993 and June 2003. The Mapping Report, led by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), published in August 2010, contains descriptions of 617 alleged violent incidents occurring in the DRC…
Bukavu, 23 June 2015 – Since 15 June, 230 members of the Congolese Police have been undergoing two months refresher training in “the maintenance and restoration of public order” and “Intervention gestures and professional techniques” The training is organized by the Congolese National Police (PNC), in cooperation with the United Nations Police (UNPOL) component of MONUSCO, as part of PNC capacity building. The 230 participants are police officers…
Ituri district, 23 June 2015 – “ Give up weapons and join the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) process to give a chance to peace”. This was the message Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, delivered to militiamen of the Force de resistance patriotique en Ituri (Patriotic Resistance Force in Ituri, FRPI), during his two-day visit to region, which included visits to the localities of Aveba and Bukiringi in Irumu territory. Mr. Kobler…
Lusenda, 20 June 2015 – This was on the occasion the celebration of World Refugee Day. The Office of the United Nations High-Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and its partners, including the National Commission for Refugees (CNR), decided to « spend this day, 20 June » with the 3,200 Burundian refugees in this camp located in Fizi territory, sixty kilometers from Uvira, in South Kivu. Explaining why the town of Lusenda was chosen to host this…
Goma, 20 June 2015 – In collaboration with the Corrections section, the HIV/AIDS section of MONUSCO conducted a campaign to raise awareness about HIV prevention and testing in Goma’s central prison. During the campaign taking place on 4, 7, 10 and 15 of June 2015, the inmates were educated on the importance of, and the need for, early detection of HIV so they may be aware of their HIV status. In the prison environment, the inmates live in…
Martin Kobler, Chief of MONUSCO calls for protection of refugees and peaceful conditions at their home countries Kinshasa, 20 June 2015 – “Refugees are human beings, affected by the hostile situation in their countries and forced to take refuge in another country. They need our attention and we should protect them: one refugee without hope too many”, said Martin Kobler. Out of 106,228 Burundians who have taken refuge in neighboring Great Lakes…
Uvira, 18 June 2015 – In accordance with its mandate, a multi-disciplinary team of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo comprising five Sections: Public Information, United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO), Civil Affairs and DDR-RR (Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration and Repatriation) interacted last Thursday 18 June 2015 with civilian populations in Kigongo, Kalungwe grouping, a dozen…
The Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the DR Congo, David Gressly, accompanied by the MONUSCO Force Deputy Commander, General Baillaud, carried out a working visit to Beni, North Kivu province, on Tuesday 16 June. During the visit, the delegation had a meeting with all the military commanders responsible for the operations in the region, in the presence of representatives from all substantive sections of…