Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Overview

The United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) is comprised of the MONUSCO Human Rights Division (established in 2000) and the former Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in the DRC (established in 1996).

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News & Statements

Latest news

31 Oct 2024

Multiple Mechanisms

The human rights record of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to be examined by Universal Periodic Review

04 Jul 2024

Special Procedures

DRC: Alarming increase in trafficking for sexual exploitation, say experts

19 Jun 2024

Special Procedures

Democratic Republic of Congo: Targeting human rights defenders must stop, UN expert says

15 Apr 2024

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Türk conducts official visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Latest statements & messages

08 Oct 2024

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

High Commissioner Türk on the Democratic Republic of Congo: “Make the space for peace”

19 Apr 2024

Multiple Mechanisms

At Permanent Forum on African Descent, Türk urges strong action against racism and other colonial legacies

18 Apr 2024

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk concludes his official visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

02 Apr 2024

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

In DRC, insecurity is at alarming levels, Türk reports

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Featured Stories

Julienne Lusenge © Jonathan Torgovnik, AJWS
22 April 2024 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Women are the first victims of war, but we hold the key to peace

Julienne Lusenge, a human rights defender from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has fought for women’s and girls’ rights for over four decades. This week Lusenge was named one of TIME magazine's most influential people in the world in 2024.
The Technical Assistance Team excavating a mass gravesite in Tshisuku (Kazumba territory), Kasai Central province, DR Congo, June 2019. © MONUSCO/UN Joint Human Rights Office
04 November 2022 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Forensic investigators bring DR Congo victims closer to justice

In 2020, the UN Human Rights Council mandated a Technical Assistance Team to support judicial investigations into serious crimes in the Kasai provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A year later, that mandate was expanded to cover the whole country. We followed that team on one of its visits to a location where a massacre took place.
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UN and OHCHR Reports

UN Secretary-General and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

A/HRC/48/47: Human rights situation and the activities of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

A/HRC/42/32: Human rights situation and the activities of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Report on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo before, during and after the elections of December 2018 - Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Human rights situation and the activities of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Situation in Kasaï - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

The human rights situation and the activities of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

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DRC: Mapping human rights violations 1993-2003

OHCHR/MONUSCO Reports

Report on violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in Beni territory, North Kivu province and Irumu and Mambasa territories

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Universal Periodic Review

Core documents for the current and previous cycles

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. The UPR is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to fulfil their human rights obligations.

Special Procedures

Special Procedures country visits

Treaty Bodies

Reports

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Concluding observations on the eighth periodic report of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Committee against Torture - Concluding observations on the second periodic report of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Human Rights Committee: Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

DRC: Concluding Observations Session

Concluding observations on the report submitted by the Democratic Republic of the Congo under article 12 (1) of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 8, PARAGRAPH 1, OF THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD ON THE INVOLVEMENT OF CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT : CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS : DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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Status & Reporting

Status of Ratifications Reporting Status Standing invitation to Special Procedures General Assembly Resolutions, Decisions and Chairperson's Statements Commission on Human Rights Resolutions, Decisions and Chairperson's Statements

External Resources

African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights African Court of Justice African Union Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions

Note: OHCHR is not responsible for the content of external links.

Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact in Geneva, Switzerland.

Africa Branch
Tel. +41 22 917 9220

Field

United Nations Human Rights Office in DRC (MONUSCO/ Kinshasa Headquarters)
No. 12 avenue des Aviateurs, 2nd Floor
Kinshasa-Gombe, DRC
Tel. +1-212 963 01 03

Photo credit:   Vincent Tremeau/World Bank

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