Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Abduction 5
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 3
• Armed attacks on camps 1
• Armed forces / Military 8
• Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 12
• Ceasefire 1
• Child soldiers 6
• Children's rights 3
• Children-at-risk 3
• Combatants / Former combatants 6
• Communal conflict / Social conflict 1
• Conflict situation 2
• Crimes against humanity 6
• Criminal justice 3
• Death penalty 1
• Disappeared persons 1
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 1
• Effective remedy 2
• Elections 3
• Extrajudicial executions 5
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 5
• Genocide 2
• Human rights activists 4
• Human rights monitors 2
• Humanitarian assistance 1
• Hutus 2
• Impunity 3
• Independence of judiciary 1
• Internal armed conflict 7
• Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 2
• International armed conflict 1
• International courts and tribunals 4
• International criminal law 6
• International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 1
• Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims 2
• Military courts 1
• Military operations 2
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 2
• Minorities 1
• Peace agreements 2
• Peace process 1
• Peacekeeping 3
• Police 1
• Political groups 1
• Political parties 1
• Political situation 3
• Protection of camps 1
• Protection of civilian persons in time of war 13
• Racial / Ethnic persecution 1
• Refugee camps 1
• Refugees 1
• Right to justice 1
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 2
• SGBV 7
• Sanctions 1
• Security forces 2
• Security situation 7
• War crimes 17
• Women-at-risk 1

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• AlertNet - Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Amnesty International - Democratic Republic of Congo
• Cultural Orientation Resource (COR) Center - Publications: Refugee Backgrounders
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Dem Rep of the Congo
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Democratic Republic of Congo
• Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) - Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
• Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) - DR Congo
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC in DR Congo
• International Crisis Group (ICG) - DR Congo
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Democratic Republic of the Congo
• ReliefWeb - Democratic Republic of the Congo (the)
• Rift Valley Institute
• UNHCR - Democratic Republic of the Congo
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Congo, Democratic Republic of the
• United Nations News Centre - News Focus: Democratic Republic of Congo
• United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO)
• United States Department of State - Congo (Kinshasa)
• World Food Programme (WFP) - Congo, Democratic Republic Of
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Democratic Republic of the Congo