The present report by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) focuses on serious violations of human rights, namely summary and extrajudicial executions and enforced disappearances, committed against civilians by agents of the Congolese National Police (PNC) during Operation Likofi. This operation was set up to combat criminal delinquency in Kinshasa and took place from 15 November 2013 to 15 February 2014. As a result of human…
This report of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (M23) details the human rights violations committed by the Mouvement du 23 mars (M23) in North Kivu province, in particular in the areas of Nyiragongo and Rutshuru territories that it occupied from mid-April 2012 to 4 November 2013. During this period, M23 members committed within these areas grave violations of human rights and of…
Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, announces enhanced cooperation between the United States of America and MONUSCO in fighting the LRA in Dungu Kinshasa, 12 October 2014 – Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, during a visit in Dungu with representative of the United States of America (USA) announced an enhanced cooperation in the fight against the Lord Resistance Army (LRA). “I came to Dungu today with members of the American Embassy to demonstrate our…
Kinshasa, 10 October 2014 – Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, strongly condemns the killing of nine civilians by suspected members of the Ugandan rebel group, ADF, at Oicha, 30 km north of Beni, in eastern DRC. “I am deeply shocked by this ignoble attack which shows the need to continue and reinforce the fight against armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The violence must end. MONUSCO will do everything in its power to help the…
This report of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (M23) details the human rights violations committed by the Mouvement du 23 mars (M23) in North Kivu province, in particular in the areas of Nyiragongo and Rutshuru territories that it occupied from mid-April 2012 to 4 November 2013. During this period, M23 members committed within these areas grave violations of human rights and of…
Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, commends Government and international actors’ efforts controlling the Ebola virus in the DRC Kinshasa, 9 October 2014 – After a visit to Lokolia and Boende in Equateur province, Martin Kobler, Head of MONUSCO, commends the great work done by the Government and international actors in controlling the outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. "I would like to congratulate the Congolese State, United…
The newly created Military Gender Field Advisory section of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) began on 1 st October 2014 in Goma, North Kivu, a series of training sessions for the mission’s female peacekeepers as well as servicewomen in the Armed Forces of the DR Congo (FARDC), addressing human rights, child protection and gender issues and the military code of conduct. The…
Bukavu, 29 September 2014 – The Congolese National Police (PNC) in South Kivu, in partnership with the United Nations Police (UNPOL) component of MONUSCO, presented certificates to 183 police officers as they completed their community policing training. It is with the primary aim of reinforcing the professional and operational capacities of PNC personnel to enable them to respond to the population’s security needs that these 183 PNC officers…
Geti, 24 September 2014 - In Ituri, Oriental Province, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and the District’s Commissioner have temporarily suspended the Island of Stability program in the Geti area located in the community of Walendu-Bindi, due to renewed activity by the FRPI armed group led by Cobra Matata. “Island of Stability” refers to a set of activities meant to assist the Government in…
''My World, The World We Want to see'' is the title of the global survey launched by the United Nations on the occasion of the preparation of the next global development agenda. The objective is to find out what is most important to people around the world, to hear their views and priorities on how to make a better world. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme has organized several awareness…