Kananga, 5 September 2012 - Senior members of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) in Kasaï Occidental province visited Tshikapa, a town located about 265 km from Kananga, the provincial administrative capital. The joint mission conducted by the Public Information Office, the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office, and the Corrections Unit, started on 30 August and ended on 3…
Beni, 5 September 2012 - The Office of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Beni, Nord Kivu province, through its Child Protection section, organized from 30 to 31 August 2012, a workshop for some fifty youths in the town of Beni, located near the border with Uganda. The aim of the workshop was to increase youth awareness of the Mission's mandate. MONUSCO officials attending the workshop…
Beni, 3 September 2012 – On 30 August 2012, disadvantaged children, mostly physically-impaired, orphaned and displaced, living in social welfare centers across Beni, one of the major towns in Nord Kivu province, received presents from the local Office the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO). The gifts were essentially school supplies to assist these children as a new school year is just…
Bukavu, 30 August 2012 - As part of its public awareness and sensitization activities, the Office of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) in Sud-Kivu brought 230 schoolchildren to its premises for a visit designed to make them better acquainted with the Mission's role in the country. The children, who are under the care of different associations, came from various parts of the…
The United Nations Human Rights office calls on armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo to stop attacks on civilians. Scott Campbell the UN Human Rights office representative in DRC expressed concern over civilian massacres, noting that armed groups have taken advantage of a security vacuum.
Une chanson pour la promotion des droits de l'homme en République démocratique du Congo
A United Nations report says serious human rights violations were committed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo during 2011 presidential and parliamentary elections.
Victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo must benefit from their right to remedy and reparations, a United Nations panel of experts has recommended.
Dr. Denis Mukwege co-founded and runs Panzi hospital, a General Referral hospital in Bukavu, in the Eastern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
A high level panel convened by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is calling for more support for victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.