11.05.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Rwanda on alert: DRC violence could help Interahamwe rebels to regroup" , Author: EastAfrican

Eastern DR Congo: Violent clashes between forces loyal to rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda and the Congolese army [ID 216592]

02.04.2012 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"CONGO: Cholera hits munitions blast displaced"

Brazzaville: Camps providing shelter for people displaced by munitions blast in March affected by cholera outbreak [ID 213010]

26.03.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Police use tear gas on protesting Congolese blast survivors" , Author: Agence France-Presse

Brazzaville: Police used tear gas to disperse hundreds of victims of a munitions dump blast who protested to demand the government pay them promised financial aid [ID 212796]

08.03.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Congo blast injured 2,300, made 14,000 homeless: officials" , Author: Agence France-Presse

According to the government, a blast in a munitions dump injured more than 2,300 people and left 14,000 homeless; nearly 200 people were killed [ID 211492]

06.03.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Brazzaville hospitals struggle to treat blast victims" , Author: Agence France-Presse

Brazzaville: Medicine is running short as hospitals struggle to treat some 1,300 people hurt in blasts at a munitions' dump [ID 211491]

04.03.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"At least 100 dead in Congo arms depot blasts" , Author: Agence France-Presse

Brazzaville: According to the government, at least 100 people were killed and hundreds of others injured in explosions at a munitions depot [ID 211448]

01.03.2012 - Source:UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women 

"Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women; Congo [CEDAW/C/COG/CO/6]"

Concluding observations of the Committee on the state report on implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (country profile; legislative, administrative, judicial and other measures adopted to give effect to the provisions of the Convention) [ID 214957]

20.01.2012 - Source:UN Human Rights Council (formerly UN Commission on Human Rights) 

"Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances; Addendum; Mission to the Republic of the Congo [A/HRC/19/58/Add.3]"

Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances on enforced or involuntary disappearances in the Republic of the Congo (legal and institutional framework; punishment; prevention; right to reparation; right to the truth; measures taken by the Congo) [ID 210475]

2012 - Source:Freedom House 

"Insult Laws: Insulting to Press Freedom; A Guide to Evolution of Insult Laws in 2010" , Author: World Press Freedom Committee; Freedom House

Joint report by the World Press Freedom Committee and Freedom House on the evolution of insult laws in 2010 [ID 214039]

2012 - Source:UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women 

"Suggestions for disability-relevant recommendations to be included in the Concluding Observations CEDAW Committee 51st session (13 February - 2 March 2012)" , Author: International Disability Alliance (IDA)

Brief report of the International Disability Alliance (IDA) on persons with disabilities in Congo [ID 214958]

17.12.2011 - Source:Guardian 

"Congo supreme court upholds Joseph Kabila's election victory"

Congo's supreme court has upheld President Joseph Kabila's victory following a contested election, raising fears of more violence because the main opposition candidate has already rejected the results [ID 207333]

09.12.2011 - Source:BBC News 

"Joseph Kabila 're-elected'"

According to provisional results President Joseph Kabila has obtained 49 percent of the vote; the opposition rejects the results [ID 206923]

06.12.2011 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Thousands flee election tension"

According to authorities, at least 3,500 people from DR Congo have arrived by boat in recent days in Congo's capital Brazzaville, fearing violence in the run-up to the announcement of the outcome of presidential elections in their country [ID 206840]

03.10.2011 - Source:US Department of Labor

"2010 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor"

Annual report on child labor (covering 2010) [ID 203072]

21.09.2011 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Deal to stem child trafficking"

Benin and the Republic of Congo have signed an accord aimed at stemming child trafficking between the countries; the 2 states believe some 1,800 children from Benin, mostly aged between 11 and 18, have been trafficked to Congo [ID 202395]

16.09.2011 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Former refugees unwilling to return home"

The refugee status of 9,500 people from the Republic of Congo, who have been in neighbouring Gabon since the late 1990s, expired on 31 July, but many are worried about living conditions and are reluctant to return home [ID 202143]

13.09.2011 - Source:US Department of State 

"July-December 2010 International Religious Freedom Report"

Annual report on religious freedom, covering July-December 2010 [ID 201810]

10.08.2011 - Source:Amnesty International 

"The time for justice is now: New strategy needed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [AFR 62/006/2011]"

Report on components of national justice system relevant to the prosecution of crimes under international law (military courts; military trials of civilians; death penalty; reprisals against victims and witnesses; corruption; violation of defence rights; arbitrary arrests) [ID 199729]

10.08.2011 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Implement anti-discrimination law, urge indigenous peoples"

Indigenous peoples in the Congo are often marginalised and experience discrimination; they are now calling for the application of a law on the promotion and protection of the rights of autochthonous peoples passed in February 2011 [ID 200081]

08.2011 - Source:US Social Security Administration 

"Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Africa 2011"

Overview of social security system (old age, disability and survivors; sickness and maternity; work injury; unemployment; family allowances) [ID 202632]

11.07.2011 - Source:UN Human Rights Council (formerly UN Commission on Human Rights) 

"Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya; Republic of Congo; Addendum [A/HRC/18/35/Add.5]"

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples on the situation of indigenous peoples in the Republic of the Congo [ID 204477]

03.06.2011 - Source:Australian Refugee Review Tribunal - Country Advice 

"Basic Information Package: Republic of the Congo"

Link list on background information on human rights and political situation [ID 216503]

06.2011 - Source:UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women 

"Briefing from the Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children; Briefing on the Republic of Congo for the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women" , Author: Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children

Brief report on corporal punishment of children in the Republic of Congo [ID 200242]

06.2011 - Source:UN High Commissioner for Refugees 

"UNHCR Global Report 2010"

Annual report on displacement and return 2010 [ID 201253]

13.05.2011 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Amnesty International Report 2011 - The State of the World's Human Rights"

Annual report 2011 (events of 2010) [ID 160152]