144.94
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 39 - May 2021
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Investigate effectively all acts of the security forces alleged to relate to torture, ill-treatment, extrajudicial killings and sexual violence and prosecute and punish perpetrators
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Extrajudicial executions
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- May 29, 2022
136.24
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that members of marginalized groups – including persons with disabilities, children living in the streets and also lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex individuals – do not become subject to arbitrary detention or ill-treatment by the security forces
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
26.236
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take further measures to prevent, investigate and punish the excessive use of force by law enforcement, including against minorities and migrants at the border
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Migrants
- Minority rights
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
104.43
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 36 - May 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Combat the arbitrary treatment of, as well as physical and psychological violence against, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons by members of the security forces, adopt legislation to explicitly prohibit discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity and punish those who practise such discrimination
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Apr 19, 2021
121.40
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 34 - November 2019
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take effective measures to prevent arbitrary killings by police forces and to bring those found guilty of such actions to justice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Extrajudicial executions
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Date added
- Oct 30, 2020
129.51
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 30 - May 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Improve training programmes for security forces to put an end to acts of violent repression of peaceful demonstrations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Human rights education and training
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Public security
- Date added
- Jul 3, 2020
110.72
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take effective measures to prevent further acts of torture and other forms of police violence, and to bring the perpetrators of such crimes to justice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Impunity
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
142.145
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Investigate reported cases of extrajudicial killings and police violence and provide for victims’ rehabilitation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Extrajudicial executions
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Date added
- Jun 20, 2020
114.34
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Investigate and prosecute all allegations of human rights violations, including those committed by security forces, and introduce a mechanism of internal oversight for the security forces
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- International humanitarian law
- Date added
- Mar 3, 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
130.88
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that the police, the army or the Directorate General of Territory Surveillance and the gendarmerie refrain from imprisoning detainees longer than the 72-hour limit stipulated in article 48 of the Criminal Code of Procedure and grant human rights monitors access to detention centres
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
28.180
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
End all unlawful detention, including the unconstitutional mass detention of Uighurs and other Muslims in Xinjiang, and residential surveillance at a designated location
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
137.118
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 29 - January 2018<
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Undertake independent, effective and impartial investigations into all allegations of serious human rights violations, such as extrajudicial executions and excessive use of force by security forces, intelligence services and the Imbonerakure, and prosecute those responsible
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Extrajudicial executions
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Date added
- Mar 2, 2020
107.47
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that all allegations of excessive use of force or arbitrary behaviour by State officials, including those that may amount to torture or ill-treatment, are investigated
- 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
107.41
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Protect all detainees, including those in police custody, from excessive use of force
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
As previously recommended, ratify the Convention against Torture and its Optional Protocol, implement its standards into national law and take immediate and concrete actions against the practice of torture by State officials
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Human rights violations by state agents
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- UPR process
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 26 - November 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take effective measures to prevent human rights violations by the military and security forces, such as further training and establishing more transparent mechanisms for investigating violations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Repeal the constitutional amendment that transforms the National Intelligence and Security Service into an entity with powers to arrest and detain, and to launch, without delay, independent investigations into the human rights violations committed by this Service
- 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 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 25 - May 2016
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Investigate all complaints of torture and other ill-treatment, extrajudicial killings, and sexual violence committed by the security forces and bring those responsible to justice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Extrajudicial executions
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Introduce legislation providing appropriate criminal penalties for acts of torture, establish independent procedures to ensure that all allegations of torture are investigated promptly, thoroughly, impartially and independently, that any officials responsible for torture are held accountable, and that any victims of torture have the right to remedy and reparations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Justice
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee freedom of assembly and association, including by protecting protestors from ill-treatment and by investigating allegations of abuse by officials promptly, thoroughly and independently
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Prosecute human rights violations committed by members of the security service and to take measures that the judiciary can work independently without being hindered by persons related to organized crime or the security sector and others
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Justice
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure prompt and effective investigations into allegations of excessive use of force, and enforcement of judicial summons and prosecution of abuses committed
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Further emphasize the prevention of excessive use of force through security forces, especially in the handling of protests and demonstrations, including adequate training of security forces
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 20 - October 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that allegations of abuse by members of security forces are investigated in a prompt, thorough, credible and impartial manner, that those responsible, including officials with oversight responsibility are disciplined or prosecuted in accordance with international standards, and that victims of abuse receive adequate compensation by the State
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 19 - May 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Prevent all cases of torture and ill-treatment by police, law enforcement officials and in places of detention and ensure effective, independent and impartial investigations in all cases
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase its efforts to ensure effective investigation into the high number of homicides and into the abuse of power by police officials and to hold those responsible accountable
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 18 - January 2014
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee the effective exercise of the human right to assembly, in particular with respect to crowd control, formulate clear instructions compatible with human rights standards for the use of firearms, provide training for the police on conduct compatible with human rights, prohibit the use of violence by unofficial or plain clothes security forces and ensure all persons detained have timely access to their families and to legal counsel
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Human rights education and training
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
In regard to the increase in crime rates ensure the adequate functioning of the judicial system in order to combat all forms of impunity and abuse of authority
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Impunity
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 16 - May 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Undertake effective measures to fight the widespread impunity and ensure that the reform of the military criminal justice does not lead to impunity in cases of human rights violations committed by security forces
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Impunity
- Justice
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019