A/HRC/30/32 1. Current situation and action taken by the Government 31. The United Nations Joint Human Rights Office continued to document extrajudicial killings by State agents during the reporting period in areas not affected by any conflict. From June 2014 to May 2015, State agents were responsible for at least 114 cases of extrajudicial executions targeting 140 victims not affected by armed conflict. In many cases, the disproportionate use of force and of firearms by FARDC, the Republican Guard and the Congolese national police has resulted in the killing of civilians. 32. During the reporting period, extrajudicial executions and enforced disappearances were committed by agents of the Congolese national police, including during Operation Likofi, conducted in Kinshasa between 15 November 2013 and 15 February 2014 against alleged street bandits named “kulunas”.6 So far, only one judgement has been rendered by the Military Garrison Tribunal of N’djili, in Kinshasa, on 24 June 2014, sentencing a chief superintendent of police to 10 years in prison for abduction, arbitrary arrest and forgery. No other action seems to have been taken so far by the competent authorities to identify and prosecute all the perpetrators of the violations committed in the framework of Operation Likofi. 33. As mentioned above, at least 20 civilians were killed in the context of demonstrations in Kinshasa and Goma in early 2015. In March 2015, a mass grave containing 421 bodies was discovered in the Maluku commune, Kinshasa Province. It is alleged that those corpses might be those of people reported missing in the context of Operation Likofi7 and after the demonstrations in Kinshasa. The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has pledged to conduct a transparent and credible investigation and shed light on the mass grave. 2. Action taken by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office 34. On 15 October 2014, MONUSCO and OHCHR published a report on human rights violations committed by the Congolese national police in the context of Operation Likofi, documenting the killing of at least nine civilians and the enforced disappearance of 32 others, based on investigations conducted by United Nations Joint Human Rights Office. The report, intended to serve as an advocacy tool, indicated in its conclusions and recommendations corrective actions the Government could take with MONUSCO support.8 Following the release of the report, the Government declared the Director of the Joint Office persona non grata. 35. In the framework of its mandate to fight against impunity, the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office followed up on serious incidents that had taken place in Lubumbashi and Kinshasa on 30 December 2013, during which at least 70 civilians were killed, mainly by FARDC soldiers. Those killings took place in the context of defence and security force operations against followers of political opponent and religious leader Joseph Mukungubila, who was believed to be behind the attacks against strategic Government installations in Lubumbashi, Kinshasa and Kindu. In addition, over 60 civilians and alleged coup plotters were arrested by the security forces between 30 December 2013 and 2 January 2014. The Joint Office continued to advocate investigations at the local level and with the Minister of Justice and Human Rights. To date, the Joint Office has no information indicating that an 6 7 8 10 See Report of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office on human rights violations committed by agents of the Congolese national police during Operation Likofi in Kinshasa between 15 November 2013 and 15 February 2014, published in October 2014. See paragraph 34 below. As per standard United Nations Joint Human Rights Office practice, the report was shared with the Government for comments prior to its publication and comments were annexed to the report.