119.33.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to cooperate with the International Criminal Court in its investigations into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2002
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- International instruments
- Justice
- Date added
- May 18, 2020
119.33.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to cooperate with the International Criminal Court in its investigations into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2002
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- International instruments
- Justice
- Date added
- May 18, 2020
119.253
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take further steps to protect children from being engaged in military activities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
119.207
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Allocate a budget for the implementation of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Congolese National Police action plans to combat sexual violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
119.197
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Protect people from sexual violence, particularly in armed conflicts, and provide medical services and access to justice for victims
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Gender-based violence
- International humanitarian law
- Right to health
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
119.191
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen efforts with respect to the protection of victims of sexual violence, in particular by speeding up the implementation of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo plan of action
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
119.176
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take measure to rehabilitate former child soldiers and reintegrate them into society
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
119.175
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take further measures to end child recruitment and child labour by making free school education and reintegration of child soldiers a priority
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
119.143
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Launch credible investigations into all alleged gross human rights violations and crimes under international law, including those involving senior military officials, to end the cycle of impunity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Impunity
- International humanitarian law
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
119.139
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Set up a vetting mechanism as part of security sector reform efforts with a view to carrying out investigations to bring to justice and sanction officials involved in serious human rights violations, including perpetrators of recruitment and use of children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- International humanitarian law
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
119.133
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Intensify efforts to ensure that all alleged perpetrators of crimes against international human rights and humanitarian law are brought to justice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- Justice
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
119.130
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that law enforcement officials and members of the security forces strictly adhere to obligations under international humanitarian law and human rights law
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- International humanitarian law
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
119.129
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure accountability for perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity, regardless of rank or affiliation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- Justice
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
119.128
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Shed light on the serious human rights violations committed by armed groups and certain members of the security forces and prosecute their perpetrators
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- International humanitarian law
- Justice
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
119.127
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Investigate and prosecute perpetrators of conflict-related sexual violence and the recruitment and use of child soldiers in Shabunda Territory
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Gender-based violence
- International humanitarian law
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
119.123
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Address the accumulation and illicit transfer of small arms and light weapons through improved stockpile management, effective prosecution of unauthorized sellers and distributors, and progression of legislative controls
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- Public security
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
119.70
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Conduct regular inspections of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo missions to guarantee that human rights standards and provisions of humanitarian law are met
- Recommending State
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- International humanitarian law
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
119.68
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure the implementation of the recommendations of the investigation report on the situation in Kasai to prevent any violations of international humanitarian law and violations of human rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- Justice
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
119.28
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Fulfil its reporting obligations under the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict and on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Treaty bodies
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
119.18
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure its domestic legislation establishes universal jurisdiction over war crimes, especially with regard to the use of children in hostilities and sexual violence, including rape
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the OP-CRC-AC
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Put in place adequate measures to protect civilians, in particular innocent women and children, in any situation of armed violence, and to create the necessary conditions to abate the present situation of the millions of internally displaced persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Internally displaced persons
- International humanitarian law
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that civilian officials or military personnel implicated in providing support to foreign or Congolese armed groups responsible for crimes against humanity are suspended from their positions, investigated and appropriately prosecuted
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- International humanitarian law
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Hold accountable security forces who commit human rights violations, including those involving child soldier recruitment and sexual violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- International humanitarian law
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement the Action Plan to end the recruitment and use of children, signed at the United Nations in 2012
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Fully implement the plan of action to combat the recruitment and use of child soldiers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the actions aimed at duly implementing the Action Plan to fight against the recruitment and use of children and other serious violations of the rights of the child by the armed forces and security services of 2012, and of the National Action Plan against the worst forms of child labour of 2011
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that the national legislation enables the establishment and exercise of jurisdiction on war crimes related to conscription, recruitment and use of children in armed conflict
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that as part of the national disarmament, demobilization and targeted reintegration programme, special attention is given to the rights of women and children, particularly to prevent repeated recruitment by armed groups and to ensure that they can enjoy their fundamental rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019