The Human Rights Situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Strengthening of Technical Cooperation and Advisory Services

A/HRC/RES/19/27View 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 2012.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 2011–2012

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2012	A/HRC/RES/19/27	The human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the strengthening of technical cooperation and advisory services	1,380	41%Compare
2011	A/HRC/RES/16/35	The human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the strengthening of technical cooperation and advisory services	1,027	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Advisory Services Democratic Republic of the Congo Human Rights International Cooperation Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

18 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the commitment of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to cooperate with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and with the special procedures of the Human Rights Council;

Welcomes the adoption of the national action plan on follow-up to recommendations relating to the promotion and protection of human rights, and encourages the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to set targets with precise deadlines for the implementation of the national action plan and the provision of technical assistance;

Takes note of the visit made to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 25 July to 5 August 2011, at the invitation of the Government, by the independent expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights;

Encourages the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to ensure that the human rights liaison entity is able to act as a framework for consultation and coordination in the field of human rights in the country, and welcomes the extension of this body’s activities to the provinces so as to ensure close monitoring of the human rights situation;

Commends the role played by the international community, in particular the European Union, the African Union, the Southern African Development Community, the Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries and the Economic Community of Central African States, as well as the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, in supporting the efforts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to strengthen the rule of law and improve the human rights situation in the country;

Urges the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to redouble its efforts, with the support of the international community, to quickly put an end to impunity and all violations of human rights and to bring the perpetrators to justice;

Welcomes the efforts of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to put an end to all human rights violations and to assist the victims of such violations, and encourages it to pursue its efforts in this regard;

Takes note of the organization of presidential and legislative elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 28 November 2011;

Invites the international community to continue to support the Joint Committee on Justice as a framework for exchange and coordination of the various contributions made in the field of justice in the Democratic Republic of the Congo;

Also commends the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo for adopting and sending to the Senate bills on the protection of human rights defenders and on the establishment of a special court to hear cases involving grave violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, and encourages it to strive for the quick adoption by the new national Parliament of these instruments;

Takes note of the initiatives taken by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to promote the administration of justice and human rights, in particular by assigning the 2,000 newly recruited magistrates to posts throughout the country, by making the juvenile courts operational, by establishing a unit for the protection of human rights defenders and by organizing open-house events with a view to protecting the victims of human rights violations or abuses of power in the justice system;

Encourages the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to continue to ratify international and regional human rights instruments and to promote human rights education;

Also encourages the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to complete the establishment of a national human rights commission in accordance with the Principles relating to the Status of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (the Paris Principles);

Further encourages the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to evaluate, together with all the parties concerned, the national action plan on follow-up to recommendations related to human rights and to inform the Council, at its twenty-fourth session, of the results of that evaluation;

Invites the Office of the High Commissioner, through its office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to increase and enhance the technical assistance programmes and activities requested of it by the Government, and to report thereon to the Council at its twenty-fourth session;

Encourages the new Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence to request to visit the Democratic Republic of the Congo and to report thereon to the Council;

Calls upon the international community to support the national efforts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its institutions with a view to improving the human rights situation in the country, and to respond to its requests for technical assistance;

Decides to continue its consideration of the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo at its twenty-fourth session.

 The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its nineteenth session (A/HRC/19/2), chap. I.

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