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01.08.2006 - Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
"Loi n° 06/018 du 20 juillet 2006 modifiant et complétant le Décret du 30 janvier 1940 portant Code pénal congolais"
Law of 20 July 2006 modifying and completing the Congolese Penal Code [ID 205996]
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01.08.2006 - Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
"Loi n° 06/019 du 20 juillet 2006 modifiant et complétant le Décret du 06 août 1959 portant Code de Procédure Pénale Congolais"
Law of 20 July 2006 modifying and completing the Congolese Criminal Procedure Code [ID 205997]
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18.02.2006 - Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
"Constitution de la République Démocratique du Congo"
Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo of 18 February 2006 [ID 100174]
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19.12.2005 - Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
"Loi n° 05/023 du 19 décembre 2005 portant amnistie pour faits de guerre, infractions politiques et d'opinion"
Amnesty law for persons prosecuted for crimes in the framework of legal military operations, political crimes or expression of their opinion of 19 December 2005 [ID 100176]
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12.11.2004 - Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
"Loi n° 04/024 du 12 novembre 2004 relative à la nationalité congolaise"
Citizenship Law of 12 November 2004 [ID 100180]
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16.05.2004 - Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
"Décret n° 04/040 du 16 mai 2004 portant mesure collective de grâce"
Presidential decree pardoning prisoners who meet certain criteria and reducing the duration of the imprisonment for the other ones of 16 May 2004 [ID 100183]
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05.08.2003 - Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
"Décret n° 03/014 du 5 août 2003 portant organisation et fonctionnement de la Commission nationale pour les réfugiés et de la Commission des Recours"
Presidential decree concerning the organisation and functioning of the national Refugee Commission and the Appeal Committee of 5 August 2003 [ID 100187]
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15.04.2003 - Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
"Décret-loi n° 03-001 du 15 avril 2003 portant amnistie pour faits de guerre, infractions politiques et d'opinion"
Amnesty law for persons prosecuted for minor crimes in the framework of a legal military operation, for political activities or for expressing their opinion of 15 April 2003 [ID 100191]
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16.10.2002 - Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
"Loi n° 021/2002 du 16 octobre 2002 portant statut des réfugiés en République Démocratique du Congo"
Refugee Law of 16 October 2002 [ID 100197]
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29.01.1999 - Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
"Décret-loi n° 194 relatif aux partis et aux regroupements politiques"
Presidential decree concerning political parties and groups of 29 January 1999 [ID 100198]
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27.05.1997 - Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
"Décret-loi constitutionnel n° 003 du 27 mai 1997 relatif à l'organisation et à l'exercice du pouvoir en République Démocratique du Congo"
Constitutional decree concerning the organisation and the exercise of power in the Democratic Republic of the Congo of 27 May 1997 [ID 100201]
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12.09.1983 - Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
"Ordonnance-loi n° 1983-033 du 12 septembre 1983 relative à la police des étrangers"
Excerpts of the order on the immigration police concerning the entry, stay and expulsion of foreign citizens of 12 September 1983 [ID 100204]
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29.06.1981 - Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
"Loi n° 1981/002 du 29 juin 1981 sur la nationalité zaïroise"
Citizenship Law of 29 June 1981 [ID 100205]
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01.11.1972 - Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
"Code de l'organisation et de la compétence des juridictions militaires"
Law on the organisation and the competences of the military jursidiction of 1 November 1972 as amended on 5 September 1980 [ID 100208]
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05.01.1972 - Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
"Loi n° 1972-002 du 5 janvier 1972 relative à la nationalité zaïroise"
Citizenship Law of 5 January 1972 [ID 100211]
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30.01.1940 - Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
"Code Pénal Congolais"
Congolese Penal Code of 30 January 1940 as amended on 30 November 2004 [ID 100214]
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