Bukavu, 30 June 2012 – Because of the fragile security situation in the province of Sud-Kivu that has prevailed since the suspension of Operation "Amani Kamilifu" for an indefinite period of time due to the defection of some element of the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC), the Sud-Kivu Brigade of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) presented its activities and deployment plan in…
Bunia, 26 June 2012 – On 26 June 2012, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) celebrated in Bunia, Ituri district, Province Orientale, the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. The ceremony was organized in collaboration with the local authorities, members of the civil society and national and…
Bunia, 28 June 2012 – In Bunia, Province Orientale, two-day training on the issue of the protection of civilians took place from 26 to 27 June. About 20 civilian agents, military and police officers of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) attended the training. The aim was to help all the actors involved in the protection of civilians have a common understanding and information on…
Kinshasa, 3 July 2012 – The Gender Affairs Section of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) has just concluded a series of workshops throughout the country. These workshops, which mainly targeted judges, addressed the issues of gender, justice and fight against impunity for sexual violence. The workshops were respectively organized in the Congolese capital Kinshasa, then in Bukavu…
Goma, 3 July 2012 – Several experts of the Stabilization Support Unit of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) held meetings with the teams of the Stabilization and Reconstruction Plan for Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (STAREC). These teams came from the different provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo for a…
Bunia, 19 June 2012 - On 19 June 2112, the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), in partnership with an NGO, Lawyers Without Borders, and many national actors, celebrated the 4th anniversary of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1820. For the UNJHRO and its partners, the celebration of this resolution, which…
Mbandaka, 3 July 2012 – Last Tuesday, July 3, the High Judicial Council (Conseil supérieur de la Magistrature) organized in Mbandaka, county town of Equateur province, a training workshop on electoral disputes for judges. The objective was to strengthen the judges' technical and professional skills on the settlement of these disputes. For three days, the 30 judges who had been invited to the workshop learned about electoral disputes through three…
Bukavu, 22 June 2012 - The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), through its Justice support office in Bukavu, organized between 19 and 21 June 2012, a training on how to tackle electoral disputes as part of the technical and professional capacity-building for magistrates in the Sud-Kivu province. Altogether, 30 magistrates from the Sud-Kivu jurisdictions and offices attended the workshop…
Bukavu, 21 June 2012 – In Bukavu, from 18 to 20 June 2012, the Sud Kivu provincial executive secretariat of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI), in collaboration with the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), organized a training session for 56 agents who will be deployed to 28 electoral centres in Bukavu as well as the eight territories in Sud-Kivu, to sensitize the…
Matadi, 22 June 2012 – From 18 to 22 June 2012, in Matadi, capital city of the Bas-Congo province, the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office organized a training session for 40 civilian judges. Under the leadership of the High Judicial Council (Conseil supérieur de la Magistrature) the training was part of the "strengthening efforts to combat impunity and sexual violence in the DRC" project. A training of trainers had already been organized…