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Global conversations to advance ESCR in conflict and post-conflict settings continue

Over the past year, ESCR-Net members have begun a global discussion about how to advance economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR) in situations of conflict and occupation and in post-conflict transitions. A first round of online discussions was held between December 2017 and January

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African Commission grants landmark compensation of US $2.5 million to DRC massacre victims

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights found the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo responsible for the 2004 massacre of over 70 people in Kilwa, in the southeast of the country, and granted a landmark compensation of US $2.5 million to the victims and...

New report on the impacts of mining on local communities in the DRC

Extensive mining in the Bisie region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has led to tension and conflict between local communities and mining operators. The ...

Members in DRC Issue Priorities for UN Treaty

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Congo: Shifting popular understandings in order to ensure a democratic culture respectful of the rules and principles of the state of law

On 4 December 2015, Rencontre pour la paix et les droits humains (RPDH) conducted a capacity building workshop at...

Sept. 09, 2010: Collectif des ONG pour les droits humains dans l'exploitation des ressources naturelles en République Démocratique du Congo

Lettre à l'attention du Professeur John Ruggie, Représentant spécial du Secrétaire général chargé de la question des droits de l'homme et des sociétés transnationales et autres entreprises.

Sept. 09, 2010: Collectif of NGOs for human rights in the exploitation of natural resources in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Letter to Professor John Ruggie, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on transnational and other business enterprises.