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A joint judicial investigation confirms 375 human rights violations committed during attacks by ADF in Erengeti, Beni territory, North-Kivu province KINSHASA, 16 December 2015: the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office for…

Kigali, 15 December 2015 - United Nations (UN), African Union (AU) European Union (EU), United States (US) Envoys accredited to the Great Lakes region of Africa conducted a regional tour from 9-15 December 2015. They visited…

Kisangani, 12 December 2015 - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the DRC, Mr. Maman Sambo Sidikou, arrived in Kisangani on Saturday 12 December 2015, accompanied by a large delegation which…

The “Invisible Survivors” report attached, launched on 25 November 2015, is the second of its kind published by the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) on…

Maman S. Sidikou, Head of MONUSCO, and José Maria Aranaz, Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, pay tribute to all human rights defenders in the Democratic Republic of Congo Kinshasa, 10…

Fizi, 9 December 2015 – As part of MONUSCO-organized capacity-building program for prisons staff members, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in DRC, MONUSCO-Uvira, through its Correction Unit, organized three refresher…

Bunia, 5 December 2015 - The new Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the DRC, Maman Sidikou, on his very first visit to the country’s eastern part, met with the authorities of Ituri province and…

The Special Representative of the Secretary General in the Democratic Republic of Congo Maman Sidikou has inaugurated the first North Kivu Press Center on the 07 of December 2015 in Goma. The Center which is first of its kind…

The first field visit of the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mr. Maman S. Sidikou, was to Beni where he arrived on Friday 4 December 2015 and was welcomed at…

In Kisangani, Tshopo province, United Nations volunteers (UNV), in partnership with the local New Life Association (Association Nouvelle Vie), organized a youth social entrepreneurship promotion workshop at MONUSCO…

Observations du gouvernement relatives au rapport du BCNUDH sur la situation des droits de l’homme en RDC du 1 er janv au 30 sept. 2015 / Government’s observations on the UNJHRO report on Human Rights violations from Jan 1st…

KINSHASA/GENEVA, 8 December 2015: A UN report published Tuesday highlights a worrying clampdown on opposition, media and civil society in the DRC since the beginning of the year and stresses the need to guarantee political…