Dokument #1050259
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
No information on the roles,
responsibilities and reporting relationships of the Agence
nationale de renseignements (ANR) of the Département de la
sûreté extérieure, or the Cabinet du conseiller
spécial du président de la république, nor any
information on the involvement of the Cabinet du conseiller
spécial du président de la république in human
rights violations and the organizational structure of these
organisations, could be found among the sources consulted by the
Research Directorate.
However, according to the Association
africaine de défense des droits de l'homme (ASADHO) annual
report for 1998 for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), there
are no known legal limits to the activities of the Agence nationale
de renseignements (ANR), the Détection militaire des
activités 'anti-patrie', (DEMIAP), the Direction des
enquêtes et de sécurité nationale (DESN) or of
any other security services. Agents of these services have
therefore extensive powers to arrest, detain and to investigate
that are not curtailed by any legislation or by any judicial
authority. Furthermore, agents of these organisations are not
subject to any judicial control in ordering arrests and no judicial
authority dares to raise any protest arbitrary arrests by fear of
reprisals.
For further information on the activities
of the ANR and other security services in the DRC, please refer to
the ASADHO annual report for 1998 which is available in French on
the Congoline Website at www.congoline.com/Asadho.
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is
not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any
particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the
list of additional sources consulted in researching this
Information Request.
Reference
Association africaine de défense
des droits de l'homme (ASADHO), Democratic Republic of Congo. 1999.
Rapport 1998. [Internet] www.congoline.com/Asadho/ [Accessed
: 7 Apr. 1999]
Attachment
Association africaine de défense
des droits de l'homme (ASADHO), Democratic Republic of Congo. 1999.
Rapport 1998. [Internet] www.congoline.com/Asadho/ [Accessed
: 7 Apr. 1999]
Additional Sources Consulted
Association africaine de défense
des droits de l'homme (ASADHO). Rapport 1997.
Electronic sources: IRB databases,
Internet, LEXIS/NEXIS, WNC.
Two oral sources could not provide the
information required within the prescribed
research deadlines.
Unsuccessful attempts to contact one
oral source.