Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Human rights situation
At a Glance
30-06-2015
Since 2013, action against armed groups by the national security forces and the UN MONUSCO Mission in the eastern regions has significantly diminished both violence against civilians and related human rights violations. However, in the rest of the country, human rights violations such as violence against women, police impunity, a dysfunctional justice system and shrinking space for political dissent, remain major concerns.
At a Glance
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- Africa
- cooperation policy
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation
- economic geography
- EDF
- freedom of the press
- GEOGRAPHY
- human rights
- international affairs
- international convention
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- LAW
- political rights
- political situation
- POLITICS
- politics and public safety
- ratification of an agreement
- right to justice
- rights and freedoms
- sexual discrimination
- sexual mutilation
- social affairs
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- social rights
- terrorism
- violence