Technical Assistance and Capacity-Building for Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

A/HRC/RES/30/26View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 10 Technical assistance and capacity-building, published in 2015.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 2013–2016

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/33/29

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2016	A/HRC/RES/33/29	Technical assistance and capacity-building for human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	2,459	34%Compare
2015	A/HRC/RES/30/26	Technical assistance and capacity-building for human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,889	26%Compare
2014	A/HRC/RES/27/27	Technical assistance and capacity-building for human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,914	38%Compare
2013	A/HRC/RES/24/27	Technical assistance and capacity-building for human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,533	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

12 subjects

Administration of Justice Capacity Building Conferences Democratic Republic of the Congo Elections Human Rights Human Rights Institutions Human Rights Violations Report Preparation Security Sector Reform Sex Crimes Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

23 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the active participation of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo at the thirtieth session of the Human Rights Council in the interactive dialogue on the impact of technical assistance;

Encourages the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to continue implementing the recommendations that it accepted during the second cycle of the universal periodic review and the reforms undertaken to improve the human rights situation, including the reform of the army, the national police and other security forces, the strengthening of the judiciary, the fight against impunity and the facilitation of access to justice for victims;

Also encourages the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to continue its cooperation with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the thematic mandate holders of the Human Rights Council;

Takes note of the report of the High Commissioner on the impact of technical assistance and capacity-building on the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 2008 and 2014,2 and urges the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office, the United Nations country team and the partner countries and organizations to put into effect the recommendations contained in that report;

Welcomes the appointment, under Presidential Order No. 15/021 of 31 March 2015, of the Special Adviser to the Head of State on good governance and the fight against corruption, money laundering and the financing of terrorism, and also welcomes the action taken to date to gather evidence and initiate criminal proceedings;

Condemns unequivocally the wave of violence in the east of the country and all the armed groups perpetrating it;

Commends the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the establishment of the National Human Rights Commission, in accordance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles), and calls upon the Government to continue its efforts to ensure that it is fully operational, including through the allocation of appropriate financial and logistical capacity;

Urges the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to continue its efforts, with the support of the international community, to put an end to impunity, primarily for perpetrators of sexual violence, and to all human rights violations, also urges the Government to bring the perpetrators to justice and to ensure that the victims receive compensation, and, in that connection, welcomes the commencement of payment by the Government of compensation to the victims of sexual violence in the Songo Mboyo case;

Takes note of the publication by the Independent National Electoral Commission of the comprehensive electoral calendar and the promulgation by the President of the Republic on 25 August 2015 of Act No. 15/016 on the distribution of seats for municipal and local elections, and urges the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to ensure the transparency and credibility of the electoral process and to create the necessary conditions for the electoral process to be free, fair, credible, peaceful and transparent, in accordance with the international commitments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo;

Encourages the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to continue its efforts to provide for an expansion of political space in the context of elections, while ensuring respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the freedoms of expression, of association and of peaceful assembly;

Also encourages the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to continue its efforts to provide for punishment in confirmed cases of extrajudicial execution and arbitrary detention;

Emphasizes the importance of ensuring a fair trial for persons involved in criminal proceedings;

Encourages the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to maintain the momentum of the efforts made to reform the army, the police and the security services;

Welcomes the establishment and functioning of the Constitutional Court, and encourages the Democratic Republic of the Congo to continue with the introduction and establishment of other courts in the context of the reform of the judicial system;

Encourages the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to provide greater protection for all political actors, members of civil society, journalists and human rights defenders during elections and to ensure respect for all human rights;

Welcomes the vote by the National Assembly on the draft legislation on the implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, ratified by the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2002;

Commends the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the arrest and conviction for war crimes and crimes against humanity of senior officers of the defence and security forces and the tracking down of armed groups and the arrest of leaders of those groups;

Also commends the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the establishment and functioning of the steering committee of the human rights liaison entity and the appointment of new members of the Committee of Experts and the technical secretariat, and calls upon the Government to continue its efforts to reactivate the entity and to take appropriate measures to ensure the harmonious operation of all institutions responsible for implementing human rights;

Invites the international community, in the context of full acceptance by the Congolese State, to improve the involvement of national authorities and beneficiaries in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of projects aimed at the promotion and protection of human rights in the interests of ensuring that they have a greater impact at the central, provincial and local levels, with particular reference to the priorities for the justice and human rights sectors set out in the recommendations of the forum held in April 2015;

Calls upon the international community to give priority to structural, long-term activities throughout the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in order to optimize the long-term impact of technical assistance programmes;

Invites the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Government to continue their constructive discussions within the framework of the strategic dialogue on the implementation of the United Nations human rights due diligence policy;

Calls upon the international community to support the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in its efforts to increase and strengthen its technical assistance programmes and activities aimed at improving the human rights situation in the country, invites the High Commissioner to report to the Council at its thirty-third session on the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, ensuring the involvement of the National Human Rights Commission in the preparation of the report, and calls for an interactive dialogue to be held on the basis of the report, including a discussion on strengthening the role of women in the electoral process;

Decides to remain seized of the matter until its thirty-third session.

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