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
119.131
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 33 - May 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Carry out investigations and prosecute all cases of abuses of human rights, including when they were committed by members of the security forces, and facilitate victims’ access to justice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Access to justice
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Install a vetting mechanism to remove persons responsible for serious human rights and child rights violations from the security forces
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Investigate, prosecute and take all adequate measures to reduce and eradicate incidents of sexual gender-based violence committed by armed elements
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- 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 July 2013 recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, focusing on the recommendations under paragraph 10 and, inter alia, investigate violations of women's rights committed by Congolese security forces and armed groups and ensure access to justice for all women affected by sexual violence during the conflict
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Treaty bodies
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Investigate and prosecute all perpetrators of serious human rights abuses, especially acts of rape and sexual violence, regardless of their rank and affiliation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- 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
Try all perpetrators of torture, regardless of rank
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Significantly increase its commitment to fight impunity, specifically that it a suspend, investigate and prosecute as appropriate FARDC soldiers who have been identified as perpetrators of serious human rights abuses or crimes, including the FARDC's 213th Brigade, as well as the five members of the FARDC who were credibly accused of serious human rights abuses by MONUC and United Nations Security Council over the past year - and b establish an effective screening mechanism to vet the past human rights records of officers, particularly for important posts in the military.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Impunity
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Put a vetting process in place in the Congolese security forces, based on the past record of its members, with the aim of preventing the recruitment of individuals who have committed human rights violations.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Fully implement the 2006 law on sexual violence and monitor the application of this law in order to ensure that impunity for sexual violence is addressed, including in the security forces
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Impunity
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish an independent vetting mechanism to exclude suspected perpetrators of gross human rights violations from the army, police and intelligence services.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish an independent mechanism in order to identify and take measures against members of the security forces who are responsible for serious human rights violations.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish a form of vetting mechanism for the promotion and training of the Armed Forces and remove and exclude members of the forces who are suspected of human rights violations, pending judicial investigation.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 6 - December 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Arrest and bring to justice members of the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo who perpetrate sexual violence or any other form of human rights violations, without exception and without regard to their rank.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Justice
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
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