A/HRC/10/59 page 4 CONTENTS Paragraphs Introduction .................................................................................................... I. II. III. Page 1-6 5 STEPS TAKEN BY THE SEVEN THEMATIC SPECIAL PROCEDURES TO IMPLEMENT THE MANDATE ..................... 7 - 12 5 BASELINE ASSESSMENT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION ....................................................................... 13 - 85 6 A. General human rights situation ................................................... 17 - 21 7 B. Review of the human rights situation in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ............................................ 22 - 56 8 C. Root causes of human rights concerns ........................................ 57 - 85 16 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................ 86 - 119 22 A. Priority objectives and technical assistance needs in this regard ............................................................................... 89 - 116 23 B. Recommendations on follow-up to the present report ................ 117 - 119 30