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9 Jun 2010, 11:53 am by InternationalLaw Blogger
A group of United Nations experts today welcomed the suspension of the chief of the national police of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the arrest of several officers in the investigation into last week’s murder of a... [read post]
21 Jun 2023, 6:05 am by Daniel Levine-Spound
Over the past year and a half, Rwandan troops have conducted military operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)  and engaged in direct combat with the Congolese military and armed groups. [read post]
A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Saturday sentenced 51 individuals to death in relation to the 2017 murder of two UN experts. [read post]
3 Jun 2009, 8:12 am
[JURIST] A UN human rights expert on Wednesday called on [press release] the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [JURIST news archive] to do more to protect human rights workers in the country, and to prosecute those who harm them. [read post]
Rights groups on Friday called for the immediate release of Sosthene Kambidi, a journalist arrested on terrorism charges in the Democratic Republic of Congo. [read post]
16 Oct 2014, 8:03 am by Bradley McAllister
The UN Joint Human Rights Office in the DRC (UNJHRO) [UN country page] urged the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [BBC... [read post]
4 Nov 2016, 5:46 am by Gwenyth Gamble
A group of UN human rights experts called on the authorities [press release] of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Thursday to revoke what they consider an unjustified ban on protests in Kinshasa, the DRC capital. [read post]
12 May 2012, 1:11 pm by Sung Un Kim
[JURIST] Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic [official profile] on Friday addressed [UN News Centre] the recent increase in violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] and the resulting human rights violations.The tension between government forces and dissident groups and militia has escalated during the recent weeks and fighting has resumed. [read post]
8 Jan 2019, 11:41 am by Matthew Borges
A UN expert called Monday for the restoration of telecommunication services in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). [read post]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Monday lamented the four-year trial in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that failed to uncover the complete truth behind the 2017 murders of two UN experts, Zaida Catalán and Michael Sharpe, and their Congolese interpreter and motorbike drivers. [read post]
16 May 2021, 7:01 am by Haroro J. Ingram, Lorenzo Vidino
State Department designated the Islamic State’s affiliate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (ISIS-DRC) a foreign terrorist organization and the group’s leader, Musa Baluku, a specially designated global terrorist. [read post]
29 Mar 2017, 1:17 pm by Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
UN Secretary-General António Guterres [official profile] confirmed [UN News Centre report] Tuesday that the remains of two human rights investigators were found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). [read post]
7 Feb 2018, 2:00 pm by EEM
See also a related Free Movement blog post.Opportunities:The Independent Advisory Group on Country Information (IAGCI) is inviting tenders to evaluate UK Home Office country of origin information products issued for three different countries:Tender 1: Democratic Republic of Congo Country policy and information note: women fearing gender-based harm or violence, Democratic Republic of Congo, June 2017Country policy and information note:… [read post]
11 Dec 2013, 7:21 am by Sarah Stephens
PHR launched the Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones Program, a multi-year training and advocacy initiative, in 2011, with the aim of forging coalitions among regional medical, law enforcement, and legal experts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, and Central African Republic. [read post]
30 Jun 2022, 6:06 am by Daniel Levine-Spound
The border shooting is one of the latest events in an escalating series of incidents between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)[1] and Rwanda. [read post]
The United Nations Tuesday called on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to retain the moratorium on the death penalty following the verdict of the Military Court Ex-Kasai Occcidental in relation to the killings of Ms. [read post]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) misappropriated $400 million in state funds ahead of December elections, per an EU report. [read post]
The European Union (EU) claimed on Wednesday that they were “forced to cancel” the electoral observation mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after planning to deploy long-term observers across the DRC. [read post]
2 Jun 2019, 7:00 am by Rachel Sweet
The largest and most costly UN mission in history—in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)—stands at the center of this change. [read post]