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…
Bunia, 23 June 2012 – The Justice Support section of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), in collaboration with the authorities of the Ituri district, Province Orientale, organized an open day in Bunia on 23 June 2012 to help restore state authority in this region. Indeed, for some time now, judicial authorities have intensified investigations and mobile court hearings to show…
Kisangani, 19 June 2012 – From 16 to 20 June 2012, Twenty five officers and non-commissioned officers of the FARDC 9th Region gathered in Kisangani, Province Orientale, in the framework of a continuous training of trainers in the prevention of sexual violence and protection of civilians. The 25 participants had already been trained last year during the first phase of this programme. This time again, they will have to pass on the new lessons…
Goma, 21 June 2012 - For this year's International Day of the African Child, more than 300 children gathered at the Youth Center in Goma, Nord-Kivu province, to celebrate in their own special way a day that is dedicated to their cause. The theme for this year's celebration was "The obligation to protect, respect, promote and achieve the rights of physically impaired children". Organized with the support of the United Nations Organization…
Bunia, 18 June 2012 – Mr M'Hand Ladjouzi, Ituri head of office of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) welcomed the surrender, on 16 June 2012, of Lieutenant Colonel Brice Bady Kasima also known as "Alpha bébé". He is one of the leaders of the Front de résistance patriotique de l'Ituri (FRPI). A former Major in the 12th integrated brigade of the Forces armées de la République…
Uvira, 18 June 2012 – On 16 June 2012, in Uvira territory, Sud Kivu, one thousand orphaned children celebrated the Day of the African child. The celebrations took place at the Usalama Institute in Sange, Ruzizi plain. Choosing the city of Sange to mark this day was not random. Indeed, in July 2010, a fire caused considerable property damage and casualties. Many of the children who were present are actually survivors and the community will long…
Kisangani, 18 June 2012 - On the occasion of the African Child Day celebration in Kisangani, Province Orientale, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) brought gifts to schools and centers for children living with physical disabilities. These centers include the Centre Cimama (stand up in Swahili), which shelters children with physical disabilities, Espoir (hope in French) for children…