Renewal of the Mandate of the Team of International Experts on the Situation in Kasai

A/HRC/RES/41/26View 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 2019.

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Accountability Democratic Republic of the Congo Experts Human Rights Violations Internal Security Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Calls upon the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to continue to implement in full the recommendations made by the team of international experts in its report,1 in collaboration with the team members, in particular those recommendations aimed at combating impunity, with a view to bringing all those responsible for human rights violations and abuses to justice and promoting reconciliation;

Expresses its appreciation of the public commitment of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to promoting justice and reconciliation in Kasai, and encourages the Government to continue its efforts to give effect to this commitment, especially in the areas of investigation and prosecution, the elimination of violence against women, including sexual and gender-based violence, reconciliation between communities and the disarmament and demobilization of militias;

Welcomes the work of the team of international experts and the technical assistance provided by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to the judicial authorities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, particularly in the field of forensic expertise;

Welcomes also the establishment of an interministerial working group responsible for monitoring the implementation of the recommendations of the team of international experts, and encourages the Government to ensure that the working group meets as many times as necessary in order to regularly assess the progress made in implementing the recommendations, improve the coordination between the administrative authorities and stakeholders, and recommend appropriate measures to the Government;

Decides to renew the mandate of the team of international experts and requests the team to present a final report to the Human Rights Council at its forty-fifth session, during an interactive dialogue, and to provide an oral update at its forty-third session;

Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to provide, at the request of the authorities, technical assistance, including the necessary forensic expertise, to the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in order to support the judicial authorities in their investigations into allegations of human rights violations and abuses in the Kasai region and other regions of the country, with a view to bringing those responsible to justice;

Calls for the Office of the High Commissioner to be given such resources as may be necessary and appropriate for the discharge of its mandate;

Decides to remain seized of the matter until its forty-fifth session.

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