Congo, The Democratic Republic of

Information and documents can be found below, including country entries published as part of the Coalition's Global Report, other themed reports and press releases.

This country is party to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict. See "Optional Protocol - Status of Ratifications" under Child Soldiers / International Standards.

Documents

• Mai Mai child recruitment and use in the DRC - February 2010
• Le recrutement et l’utilisation d’enfants soldats par les Maï Maï - Fevrier 2010
• Committee on the Rights of the Child concluding observations on DRC - January 2009
• Media statement on Mai mai child recruitment and use in DRC - February 2010
• La Coalition appelle à mettre fin au recrutement et à l’utilisation d’enfants soldats par les Maï Maï - Fevrier 2010
• Global Report 2008 - Democratic Republic of the Congo (Français)
• DRC Coalition press release to mark Red Hand Day - 12 February 2008
• Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child for the Periodic Review of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Human Rights Watch - August 2008
• Communiqué de presse à l’occasion de la Journée Internationale des enfants soldats - DRC - 12 fevrier 2007
• Renewed Crisis in North Kivu, DRC - Human Rights Watch - October 2007
• DRC: Alarming resurgence in recruitment of children - Amnesty International - 31 March 2006
• Rapport du Secrétaire général sur les enfants et les conflits armés en République démocratique du Congo - juin 2007
• Report of the UN Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in the DRC - June 2007
• Priorities for child soldiers in DRC - briefing to UN - Child Soldiers Coalition - July 2007
• Understanding the phenomenon of child soldiers in the DRC - Jesuit Refugee Service - February 2007
• Great Lakes Child Soldiers Coalition denounces killings of human rights defenders in DRC - 2 August 2005
• Comprendre le phenomene des enfants soldats - JRS - fevrier 2007
• Défenseurs des droits humains assassinés à la RDC - 2 août 2005
• Enfants soldats en RDC: Interview avec Sarah Michael, Spécialiste MDRP du Développement Social - octobre 2006
• Child Soldier Use 2003 - DR Congo
• Multi-Country Demobilization and Reintegration Program - progress report - October 2006
• Press release on the situation in North Kivu, DRC from the UN SRSG's office - 14 December 2007
• Global Report 2008 - Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Global Report 2004 - Congo, Democratic Republic of the

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