The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) submits this report pursuant to General Assembly resolution 57/233 and resolution 2003/15 of the Commission on Human Rights. It is based on the information regularly transmitted to her by the human rights field office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, representatives of institutions, churches, nongovernmental organizations (NGO), political parties and various associations and on the information compiled during her recent visit.

Date of publication: 24 October 2003

Original language: French