Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Armed forces / Military 76
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 129
Asylum-seekers 40
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Children's rights 27
Children-at-risk 13
Christian 3
Civil war 1
Combatants / Former combatants 64
Communal conflict / Social conflict 18
Conflict prevention 1
Conflict resolution 15
Conflict situation 100
Contemporary forms of slavery 2
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Crimes against humanity 20
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Criminal justice 25
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Death penalty 5
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Democracy 1
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Disabled persons 2
Disappeared persons 5
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 6
Domestic violence 7
Effective remedy 7
Elections 33
Embargo 4
Equality before the law 1
Ethnic cleansing 1
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Exclusion clauses 1
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Expulsion 4
Extrajudicial executions 25
Extreme poverty 4
Family reunification 2
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 5
Flight by land, air or sea 1
Forced labour 1
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Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 36
Freedom of assembly and association 1
Freedom of conscience 3
Freedom of expression 87
Freedom of information 54
Freedom of religion 2
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Gender discrimination 1
Gender mainstreaming 1
Genocide 5
Good governance 19
Gross, systematic and large-scale 5
HIV and AIDS 5
Harmful traditional practices 2
Hema 1
Honour killings 1
Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 4
Human rights activists 34
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 17
Human rights law 3
Human rights monitors 8
Humanitarian assistance 42
Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) 1
Hutus 12
IDP camps 13
Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 2
Immigration Detention 1
Impunity 32
Independence of judiciary 2
Indigenous persons 2
Integration 2
Internal armed conflict 118
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 160
International armed conflict 9
International courts and tribunals 22
International criminal law 14
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 1
Involuntary repatriation 1
Juvenile justice system 1
Kurd 2
Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 2
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 7
Livelihoods 1
Location of camps 1
Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims 2
Mass exodus 1
Mental health 1
Mercenaries 1
Migrant rights 3
Migrants 2
Military courts 5
Military law 1
Military operations 21
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 11
Minorities 3
Muslim 1
Opposition 9
Orderly return 3
Palestinian 1
Peace agreements 14
Peace process 9
Peacekeeping 93
Persecution based on political opinion 3
Persons of concern to UNHCR 3
Police 8
Political groups 4
Political parties 12
Political situation 42
Polygamy 1
Pre-trial detention 3
Prison or detention conditions 16
Property restitution 1
Prosecution vs persecution 1
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 1
Protection of camps 2
Protection of civilian persons in time of war 63
Public health 7
Racial / Ethnic persecution 3
Reconciliation 2
Refugee camps 19
Refugees 116
Reintegration 4
Religious discrimination 2
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 1
Resettlement 2
Return conditions 15
Returnees 22
Right to a nationality 1
Right to development 1
Right to education 3
Right to employment 1
Right to family life 1
Right to food 6
Right to health 3
Right to justice 5
Right to liberty and security 2
Right to life 1
Right to return 2
Right to seek asylum 2
Roma 2
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 13
Rwandans 2
SGBV 116
Sanctions 5
Security forces 25
Security situation 199
Sharia law 1
Shia 2
Small arms 3
Social group discrimination 2
State protection 1
Tamil 1
Terrorism 4
Trafficking in persons 12
Transit 1
Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 1
Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 3
Tuareg 1
Tutsis 4
Uighur 1
Unaccompanied / Separated children 2
Voluntary repatriation 13
War crimes 51
Women's rights 38
Women-at-risk 6

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Thousands flee army harassment in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo 15 February 2013 \| Publisher: Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) \| Document type: Country News
Angola must not send detainees to Democratic Republic of Congo 14 February 2013 \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Country News
Roving Courts in Eastern Congo 13 February 2013 \| Publisher: Institute for War and Peace Reporting \| Document type: Country News
Information Centre Asylum and Migration: Briefing Notes (11 February 2013) 11 February 2013 \| Publisher: Germany: Federal Office for Migration and Asylum \| Document type: Country News
On the run, alone and young: Congolese children flee to Uganda 7 February 2013 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees \| Document type: Country News
Illegal demolitions in DRC - George Forrest International refuses compensation for dispossessed villagers 5 February 2013 \| Publisher: International Federation for Human Rights \| Document type: Country News
Congolese refugees in Rwanda complain of insufficient food, water 4 February 2013 \| Publisher: Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) \| Document type: Country News
Rainforest riches a curse for civilians in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo 23 January 2013 \| Publisher: Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) \| Document type: Country News
Uncertainty for Angolans stripped of refugee status in Democratic Republic of Congo 22 January 2013 \| Publisher: Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) \| Document type: Country News
Informationszentrum Asyl und Migration: Briefing Notes (14. Januar 2013) 14 January 2013 \| Publisher: Germany: Federal Office for Migration and Asylum \| Document type: Country News

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