A/HRC/7/25 page 4 CONTENTS Paragraphs Introduction .................................................................................................... I. IMPUNITY AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE .............. Page 1-4 5 5 - 38 6 A. Tentative progress in the fight against impunity ......................... 7 - 12 6 B. Failure to initiate investigations: the flagrant example of North Kivu .................................................................................. 13 - 14 7 C. Stalling of many cases and trials ................................................. 15 - 16 7 D. The Kilwa and Serge Maheshe cases: sham trials which have provoked international condemnation ................................ 17 - 22 8 Frequent obstructions of justice linked to interference by the political and military hierarchy ........................................ 23 - 26 9 F. Underfunding of the judiciary ..................................................... 27 10 G. A worrying use of the Constitution that threatens the independence of the judiciary ............................................... 28 - 30 10 H. The International Criminal Court ............................................... 31 - 33 11 I. Establishment of a special international criminal tribunal or joint criminal chambers for the Democratic Republic of the Congo .......................................................................................... 34 - 38 11 II. THE SITUATION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN .......................... 39 - 51 12 Sexual violence and impunity: the crucial role of the judiciary in combating sexual violence ............................ 39 - 48 12 Influence-peddling, abuse of authority, harassment, abuse of power and other forms of sexual violence in schools and universities directed against pupils and students ........................ 49 15 Child soldiers and street children ................................................ 50 - 51 15 III. EXERCISE OF CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS .......................... 52 - 55 15 IV. ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS ......................... 56 - 58 16 V. THE SITUATION OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS ...... 59 - 60 17 VI. THE GOMA CONFERENCE .............................................................. 61 - 63 17 VII. RECOMMENDATIONS ..................................................................... 64 - 69 18 E. A. B. C.