Congo-Kinshasa: UN Welcomes Progress in Ending Impunity for Torture

9 July 2013

The United Nations has welcomed the progress made in the fight against torture in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following the enactment two years ago of a law criminalizing the practice.

According to a news release issued by the UN Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) - comprised of the UN peacekeeping mission in DRC (MONUSCO) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in the country - the first convictions of state agents who engaged in or encouraged torture have taken place.

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