Advisory services and technical cooperation in the field of human rights

By Pacéré Titinga

Subjects: WOMEN IN ARMED CONFLICTS, MASSACRES, WOMEN'S STATUS, CIVILIAN PERSONS, NATURAL RESOURCES, RULE OF LAW, UN. Commission on Human Rights. Independent Expert on the Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, INTERNAL SECURITY, ILLICIT ARMS TRAFFICKING, FACT-FINDING MISSIONS, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, RAPE, POLITICAL CONDITIONS, HUMAN RIGHTS IN ARMED CONFLICTS, Recommendations, HUMAN RIGHTS

Description: The first report of the Independent Expert on the Human Rights Situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, appointed 26 July 2004 with a mandate to provide assistance to the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the field of human rights, to study the evolving situation of human rights and to verify that the Government's obligations in this field are being fulfilled, includes the Independent Expert's observations from two missions to the country carried out in 2004.