A/HRC/13/56
(c)
The summary prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 (c)
(A/HRC/WG.6/6/COD/3).
451. At its 30th meeting, on 18 March 2010, the Council considered and adopted the
outcome of the review on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (see section C below).
452. The outcome of the review on the Democratic Republic of the Congo comprises the
report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (A/HRC/13/8), the views of
Democratic Republic of the Congo concerning the recommendations and/or conclusions,
and its voluntary commitments and replies presented before the adoption of the outcome by
the plenary to questions or issues that were not sufficiently addressed during the interactive
dialogue in the Working Group.
1.
Views expressed by the State under review on the recommendations and/or conclusions, as
well as on its voluntary commitments and on the outcome
453. The delegation indicated that the Government of the Democratic Republic of the
Congo, respectful of its international commitments, had submitted a national report in the
context of the universal periodic review. Furthermore, it had already accepted in the
Working Group 124 of 163 recommendations made during the review.
454. With regard to the implementation of the recommendations already accepted, the
delegation noted that most of the needed legislative reforms would be considered during the
parliamentary session to be held between March and June 2010, or at the latest, the
September 2010 session, with particular attention paid to the law implementing the Rome
Statute of the International Criminal Court, the law on the creation, organization and
functioning of the national human rights institution, in accordance with the Paris Principles,
the law on parity between men and women, the ongoing reform of the criminal and family
codes and the laws allowing ratification of international human rights treaties.
455. Regarding the promotion of peace, the Government had put an end to the Kimia II
operation and officially launched the new Amani Leo programme for consolidating peace in
the east with the assistance of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (MONUC). This joint operation aimed at bringing under control the
remaining resistance to the peace process, with particular attention to the protection of the
civilian population. Other operations were under way to bring peace back throughout the
territory, such as the Rudia II operation in the eastern province, where the Lord’s
Resistance Army continued to violate the fundamental rights of Congolese citizens.
456. The delegation stressed that awareness-raising campaigns on the need to combat
sexual violence were still under way in workshops. Mention was made of the campaign
jointly put in place with MONUC since January 2010. Impunity for crimes of sexual
violence was being fought, and military courts had convicted a number of soldiers and
officers found guilty of sexual violence. Ordinary courts were also attempting to combat
this scourge; the national agency to combat sexual violence against women and girls set up
in 2009 was being put in place.
457. The Government was stepping up efforts to ensure access to education, health and
an adequate standard of living, including through the building of hospitals, the
improvement of the business climate and the electricity supply, and the progressive increase
in remuneration. Efforts to bring an end to the initiative for heavily indebted poor countries
were part of the same vision, and resources allocated to debt servicing would be reoriented
to programmes to fight poverty with a view to eradicating it.
458. With regard to the fight against the recruitment of children in the army and the
rehabilitation of former child soldiers, remarkable progress had been made through the unit
for implementation of the national programme for disarmament, demobilization and
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