A/HRC/42/5 Introduction 1. The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, established in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, held its thirty-third session from 6 to 17 May 2019. The review of the Democratic Republic of the Congo was held at the 3rd meeting, on 7 May 2019. The delegation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo was headed by the Minister for Human Rights, Marie-Ange Mushobekwa. At its 10th meeting, held on 10 May 2019, the Working Group adopted the report on the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 2. On 15 January 2019, the Human Rights Council selected the following group of rapporteurs (troika) to facilitate the review of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Cameroon, Croatia and Qatar. 3. In accordance with paragraph 15 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 5/1 and paragraph 5 of the annex to Council resolution 16/21, the following documents were issued for the review of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: (a) A national report submitted/written presentation made in accordance with paragraph 15 (a) (A/HRC/WG.6/33/COD/1); (b) A compilation prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in accordance with paragraph 15 (b) (A/HRC/WG.6/33/COD/2); (c) A summary prepared by OHCHR in accordance with paragraph 15 (c) (A/HRC/WG.6/33/COD/3). 4. A list of questions prepared in advance by Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, on behalf of the Group of Friends on national implementation, reporting and follow-up, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America and Uruguay was transmitted to the Democratic Republic of the Congo through the troika. These questions are available on the website of the universal periodic review. I. Summary of the proceedings of the review process A. Presentation by the State under review 5. The Minister for Human Rights stated that the national report submitted for the third cycle of the universal periodic review had been prepared as part of a participatory process. Thus, all stakeholders, including State institutions, the National Human Rights Commission and non-governmental human rights organizations, had been consulted both for data collection and during the validation workshop held in Kinshasa on 27 January 2019. 6. The Minister recalled that 190 recommendations had been addressed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the second cycle of the universal periodic review, in 2014, and highlighted the progress made in the implementation of those recommendations, including the designation of nine members of the National Human Rights Commission by their respective entities, as approved by resolution No. 001/CAB/P/AN/AM/2015 of the Congolese National Assembly, followed by their appointment pursuant to Presidential Order No. 15/023 of 4 April 2015, and their swearingin on 23 July 2015 before the Constitutional Court. 7. The progress achieved also included the adoption by the Democratic Republic of the Congo of three laws to implement the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, namely Act No. 15/022 of 31 December 2015 amending and supplementing the Decree of 30 January 1940 on the Criminal Code, Act No. 15/024 of 31 December 2015 amending and supplementing the Decree of 6 August 1959 on the Code of Criminal Procedure, and Organic Act No. 17/003 of 10 March 2017 amending and supplementing Act No. 023/2002 of 18 November 2002 on the Military Judicial Code. 2 GE.19-11384