I have been following the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo closely for many ... During my visit to the country in April 2024, I met victims of this terrible conflict.

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who in late January captured Goma, the biggest city in eastern Congo, have since been advancing around one of Africa's great lakes, Lake Kivu, towards the second-biggest city ...

The special session of the Human Rights Council was called by the Democratic Republic of Congo with the support of dozens of ...

Dominican officials have been deporting at least 10,000 Haitian immigrants a week under a harsh new policy widely criticized ...

GENEVA — The U.N.’s top human rights ... part of the country, but also in people living beyond the DRC’s borders,” he said, referring to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

for the people of the eastern DRC [Democratic Republic of Congo], but also beyond the country's borders," Volker Türk told an emergency meeting of the Geneva-based Human Rights Council.

Talks are under way among leaders of African countries to end fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which ...

In a strong statement at the UN Human Rights Council's special session on the Democratic Republic ... country." Belgium, Türkiye, Switzerland Belgium welcomed the initiative taken by Congo ...

The number of alleged human ... back to the Dominican Republic days later. “Children who are born here have no idea where to go,” she said of those deported to Haiti, a country her son had ...

who had worked as a mason in the Dominican Republic for two decades. He had been sleeping next to his wife and 7-year-old son. The number of alleged human rights violations ranging from ...

Under a broiling sun, the migrants recounted what they said were mounting abuses by Dominican officials after President Luis Abinader ordered them in October to start deporting at least 10,000 ...