Democratic Republic of the Congo

1951 Refugee Convention 1
1969 OAU Convention 1
Abduction 44
Access to procedures 6
Access to water 2
Acts of persecution 2
Administrative law 1
Adoption 1
Age discrimination 1
Airports 8
Animist 4
Anti-terrorism law 3
Arabs 1
Arbitrary arrest and detention 78
Armed attacks on camps 18
Armed forces / Military 120
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 251
Asylum policy 2
Asylum-migration nexus 1
Asylum-seekers 70
Bakongo 4
Banyamulenge 3
Banyarwanda 10
Batwa 11
Bemba 5
Berber 1
Border conflict 2
Border controls 3
Border crossers 1
Cabinda 1
Camp management 3
Capacity building of state institutions 2
Catholic 11
Ceasefire 10
Child labour 21
Child prostitution 14
Child soldiers 114
Children's rights 95
Children-at-risk 47
Christian 12
Citizenship law 1
Civil and political rights 2
Civil war 7
Civilian character of asylum 6
Combatants / Former combatants 90
Communal conflict / Social conflict 30
Conflict prevention 2
Conflict resolution 21
Conflict situation 153
Constitutional law 1
Contemporary forms of slavery 8
Convention against Torture (CAT) 1
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 4
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 4
Copts 1
Corruption 22
Coup d'état 8
Crime prevention 1
Crimes against humanity 30
Crimes against peace 3
Criminal justice 49
Dalit 1
Death in custody 2
Death penalty 30
Demobilization / Disarmament 43
Democracy 3
Denial of refugee status 2
Deportation / Forcible return 31
Derivative status 1
Disabled persons 13
Disappeared persons 45
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 60
Domestic violence 20
Drug trafficking 2
EU Qualification Directive 1
Economic, social and cultural rights 20
Effective protection 1
Effective remedy 9
Elections 76
Embargo 5
Emigrants 1
Entry / Exit 1
Equality before the law 6
Ethnic cleansing 5
Evangelical 4
Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 1
Exclusion clauses 1
Exhaustion of domestic remedies 1
Exiles 4
Expulsion 12
Extradition 2
Extrajudicial executions 115
Extreme poverty 8
False documents 2
Family law 1
Family reunification 3
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 21
Flight by land, air or sea 1
Forced labour 38
Forced marriage 16
Forced relocation 3
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 127
Freedom of assembly and association 36
Freedom of conscience 6
Freedom of expression 195
Freedom of information 86
Freedom of movement 45
Freedom of religion 49
Freedom of speech 74
Gender discrimination 32
Gender mainstreaming 3
Gender-based persecution 9
Generalized violence 1
Genocide 12
Good governance 27
Gross, systematic and large-scale 9
Group / Prima facie determination 10
HIV and AIDS 13
Harmful traditional practices 9
Hema 3
Honour killings 1
Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 19
Human Rights Council 1
Human rights activists 85
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 123
Human rights courts 3
Human rights law 9
Human rights monitors 25
Humanitarian assistance 59
Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) 1
Hutus 38
IDP camps 20
Illegal entry 6
Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 8
Immigrants 2
Immigration Detention 16
Impunity 77
Income-generating projects 2
Independence of judiciary 25
Indigenous persons 15
Integration 3
Internal armed conflict 169
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 287
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 4
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 3
International armed conflict 14
International courts and tribunals 38
International criminal law 20
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 14
International protection 3
Involuntary repatriation 2
Jehovah's Witness 10
Jew 3
Juvenile justice system 1
Kasaians 2
Kikuyu 1
Kurd 2
Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 4
Lari 1
Legal representation / Legal aid 3
Lendu 3
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 21
Livelihoods 3
Location of camps 4
Luba 18
Lunda, Yeke 3
Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims 2
Mass exodus 3
Maternal and child health care 3
Mbororo 1
Medical screening 1
Mental health 5
Mercenaries 1
Migrant rights 7
Migrants 8
Military courts 12
Military law 5
Military operations 33
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 39
Minorities 35
Minority rights 11
Mormon 8
Multiple nationality 3
Muslim 10
Nationality law 2
Naturalization 1
Ngbandi 8
Nomads 1
Non-refoulement 2
Non-state agents of persecution 2
Nuba 1
Opposition 48
Orderly return 3
Oromo 1
Orthodox Christian 8
Palestinian 1
Passports 7
Pastoralists 1
Peace agreements 27
Peace process 21
Peacekeeping 144
Pentecostal 1
Persecution based on nationality 4
Persecution based on political opinion 25
Persecution of family members 3
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 2
Persons of concern to UNHCR 8
Piracy 1
Police 34
Political groups 27
Political parties 47
Political situation 119
Polygamy 1
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 1
Pre-trial detention 25
Prevention of discrimination 1
Prison or detention conditions 60
Proof of nationality 2
Property restitution 2
Prosecution vs persecution 2
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 10
Protection of camps 5
Protection of civilian persons in time of war 103
Protestant 8
Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 1
Public health 37
Racial / Ethnic persecution 48
Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 2
Reconciliation 2
Refoulement 13
Refugee / Asylum law 3
Refugee camps 50
Refugee identity documents 15
Refugee law 1
Refugee seamen 1
Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 16
Refugee travel documents / CTDs 15
Refugees 182
Registration 1
Reintegration 11
Rejected asylum-seekers 16
Rejection at border 2
Religious discrimination 22
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 13
Reservation 4
Resettlement 4
Residence permits / Residency 15
Return conditions 26
Returnees 62
Right to a nationality 13
Right to development 1
Right to education 32
Right to employment 18
Right to family life 2
Right to food 10
Right to health 10
Right to justice 16
Right to leave 2
Right to liberty and security 4
Right to life 19
Right to registration at birth 1
Right to return 5
Right to seek asylum 4
Right to self-determination 2
Rights of non-citizens 1
Roma 5
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 43
Rwandans 2
SGBV 248
Sale of children 1
Sanctions 10
Security forces 115
Security situation 310
Serious non-political crime 1
Seventh Day Adventist 1
Sexual and reproductive rights 1
Sharia law 1
Shia 2
Small arms 3
Smuggling of persons 1
Social group discrimination 16
Somalis 1
Spontaneous return 2
State of emergency 1
State protection 8
Stateless persons 2
Statelessness 1
Tamil 1
Temporary protection 1
Terrorism 20
Threats / Intimidation 1
Torture 20
Trafficking in persons 60
Transit 2
Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 5
Travel documents 3
Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 4
Tuareg 1
Tutsis 50
UNHCR mandate 1
Uighur 1
Unaccompanied / Separated children 9
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 5
Urban refugees 8
Visas 7
Voluntary repatriation 44
War crimes 68
Witnesses 2
Women's rights 88
Women-at-risk 36
Work permits 11
Zulus 1

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Amnesty International Annual Report 2013 - Democratic Republic of The Congo 23 May 2013 \| Publisher: Amnesty International \| Document type: Annual Reports
Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: UNHCR calling for the protection of civilians amid renewed fighting 22 May 2013 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees \| Document type: Country News
UNHCR urges protection for civilians amid fresh fighting in Democratic Republic of the Congo 22 May 2013 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees \| Document type: Country News
Journalist's body found in river bed 12 days after his disappearance 21 May 2013 \| Publisher: Reporters Without Borders \| Document type: Country News
Democratic Republic of the Congo: UN voices concern as fighting resumes between Government and M23 forces 20 May 2013 \| Publisher: UN News Service \| Document type: Country News
Support for Press Freedom Day debates in North Kivu 20 May 2013 \| Publisher: Reporters Without Borders \| Document type: Country News
2012 Report on International Religious Freedom - Democratic Republic of the Congo 20 May 2013 \| Publisher: United States Department of State \| Document type: Annual Reports
Malaria overstretching healthcare in Democratic Republic of Congo 20 May 2013 \| Publisher: Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) \| Document type: Country News
Cape Town's asylum seekers struggle to get documented 16 May 2013 \| Publisher: Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) \| Document type: Country News
Briefing: Towards internal solutions to the Democratic Republic of Congo crisis 14 May 2013 \| Publisher: Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) \| Document type: Country News

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