Wednesday, 21 March 2012

Human rights violations during DRC general elections – UN report

The present report of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) deals with serious human rights violations committed by members of the Congolese defense and security forces in Kinshasa between 26 November and 25 December 2011 in the context of the presidential and legislative elections held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on 28 November 2011.
This report is based on the Resolution 1991 of 28 June 2011 in which the Security Council urges the DRC government and all parties concerned “to ensure an environment conducive to a free, fair, credible, inclusive, transparent, peaceful and timely electoral process which includes free and constructive political debate, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, equitable access to media including State media, safety for all candidates, as well as for election observers and witnesses, journalists, human rights defenders and actors from the civil society including women”.
http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/ZR/ReportDRC_26Nov_25Dec2011_en.pdf 

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