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State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Gender equality
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Speed up the review of all legislative codes, so as to bring them into conformity with ratified international instruments, particularly taking the necessary actions to include in national legislation discrimination and violence against women and eliminate existing discrimination regarding the right to property, community property and land inheritanceImplementationNational Report:
Para 50) On 25 October 2016, the Congo and the United Nations Population Fund signed a partnership agreement on combating gender-based violence, one outcome of which was the launch of a project on preventing and combating gender-based violence. The Ministry of the Interior and Decentralization is heading the project, which involves police officers, gendarmes, lawyers, doctors, psychologists and other professionals. The project led to workshops to draft and endorse a training manual for police staff and senior officers and training guidelines on combating gender-based violence. Both documents were approved on 9 August 2018.
Para 51) … In addition, a meeting on reviving the National Observatory on Gender-based Violence was held in Brazzaville on 9 September.
Para 58) A particular cause for concern is violence against women, which is addressed in a bill currently before the parliament. Training and awareness-raising campaigns have been carried out in preparation for its adoption. In 2015, 600 police officers underwent training on gender-based violence and inequality in Pointe-Noire. In Brazzaville, training has been provided for 80 victim-support centre workers and 35 members of the police force and the social affairs, health-care and justice sectors. In Pointe-Noire, a marine patrol squad consisting of 11 women has been formed. From 25 to 27 August 2015, judges, police officers and workers in the health-care and social affairs sectors attended a seminar on the criminal nature of violence against women. They were also trained in caring for victims, counselling them and identifying cases. Police stations and hospitals have been equipped with computer tools, office supplies, digital cameras and video cameras and essential medicines.
Para 59) As part of its implementation of the National Gender Policy and the Programme to Combat Gender-based Violence, the Government has worked with the Post and Electronic Communications Regulatory Agency and mobile telephone operators (Airtel-Congo, MTNCongo, Azur and Congo-Telecom) to set up a toll-free emergency hotline, 14 44, which has been operational since 4 March 2018. This shows the commitment of the Congolese public authorities to combating gender-based violence.
Para 61) Existing Congolese law provides that, “irrespective of any property derived from the dissolution of the marriage, the surviving spouse has property and usufruct rights over the main residence, the right to remain in occupation at that residence and, where applicable, the right to a survivor’s pension, annuity or portion of the death benefit”. Surviving spouses may not be declared unworthy to inherit for refusing to participate in customary mourning rituals. Cruelty to or maltreatment of a widow or widower at mourning ceremonies is punishable under the Criminal Code.
Para 62) The principle of spousal equality has been carried over into the draft personal and family code, which is in the process of being adopted. The draft also contains a number of new provisions. For instance, it stipulates that, “if none of the relatives of a deceased person is entitled to inherit, the surviving spouse receives the inheritance in full”. The new code will significantly mitigate the widely condemned effects of widowhood practices and even prohibit them in certain cases. The draft also stipulates, inter alia, that “a woman may not be considered as part of her deceased husband’s estate. Customary practices that require a widow to marry one of her deceased husband’s relatives are thus prohibited.” These practices are punishable under the draft Criminal Code.
Para 63) Customs and traditions that remove or restrict women’s right to occupy or acquire customary land or land in urban or peri-urban areas have been declared null and void.
UN Compilation:
Para 10) The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) noted that a new Constitution had been promulgated on 6 November 2015. It had been adopted by referendum on 25 October 2015. This text … establishes the equality of men and women before the law.
Para 16) CRC was concerned about the … the multiple gender-based discrimination against girls.
Para 36) [CRC] was concerned about the unequal parental responsibilities of the mother and the father, ingrained in law and in practice.
Para 52) [CRC] expressed its concern about the widespread violence against children, particularly girls …
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 41) JS1 indicated that many children continued to be victims of physical violence or corporal punishment. Violence, especially sexual violence against girls, remained a major problem.
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State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:AlgeriaAlgeriaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Continue its efforts to strengthen the fight against the discriminations to which women are victims.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 61) Existing Congolese law provides that, “irrespective of any property derived from the dissolution of the marriage, the surviving spouse has property and usufruct rights over the main residence, the right to remain in occupation at that residence and, where applicable, the right to a survivor’s pension, annuity or portion of the death benefit”. Surviving spouses may not be declared unworthy to inherit for refusing to participate in customary mourning rituals. Cruelty to or maltreatment of a widow or widower at mourning ceremonies is punishable under the Criminal Code.
Para 62) The principle of spousal equality has been carried over into the draft personal and family code, which is in the process of being adopted. The draft also contains a number of new provisions. For instance, it stipulates that, “if none of the relatives of a deceased person is entitled to inherit, the surviving spouse receives the inheritance in full”. The new code will significantly mitigate the widely condemned effects of widowhood practices and even prohibit them in certain cases. The draft also stipulates, inter alia, that “a woman may not be considered as part of her deceased husband’s estate. Customary practices that require a widow to marry one of her deceased husband’s relatives are thus prohibited.” These practices are punishable under the draft Criminal Code.
Para 63) Customs and traditions that remove or restrict women’s right to occupy or acquire customary land or land in urban or peri-urban areas have been declared null and void.
UN Compilation:
Para 16) CRC was concerned about the … the multiple gender-based discrimination against girls.
Para 36) [CRC] was concerned about the unequal parental responsibilities of the mother and the father, ingrained in law and in practice.
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State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:IrelandIrelandRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
- Sexual harassment
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Female genital mutilation / cutting
- Domestic violence
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Develop and implement, in collaboration with civil society, a comprehensive national strategy against gender-based violence, including domestic violence, sexual harassment and harmful traditional practices, including female genital mutilation.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 17) The draft code also protects fundamental rights and freedoms by punishing outrages on human freedom and dignity. Its provisions cover, among other acts, … forced marriage. As for offences against the peace and honour of individuals, the acts that fall within its scope include … sexual harassment.
Para 50) On 25 October 2016, the Congo and the United Nations Population Fund signed a partnership agreement on combating gender-based violence, one outcome of which was the launch of a project on preventing and combating gender-based violence. The Ministry of the Interior and Decentralization is heading the project, which involves police officers, gendarmes, lawyers, doctors, psychologists and other professionals. The project led to workshops to draft and endorse a training manual for police staff and senior officers and training guidelines on combating gender-based violence. Both documents were approved on 9 August 2018.
Para 51) … In addition, a meeting on reviving the National Observatory on Gender-based Violence was held in Brazzaville on 9 September.
Para 58) A particular cause for concern is violence against women, which is addressed in a bill currently before the parliament. Training and awareness-raising campaigns have been carried out in preparation for its adoption. In 2015, 600 police officers underwent training on gender-based violence and inequality in Pointe-Noire. In Brazzaville, training has been provided for 80 victim-support centre workers and 35 members of the police force and the social affairs, health-care and justice sectors. In Pointe-Noire, a marine patrol squad consisting of 11 women has been formed. From 25 to 27 August 2015, judges, police officers and workers in the health-care and social affairs sectors attended a seminar on the criminal nature of violence against women. They were also trained in caring for victims, counselling them and identifying cases. Police stations and hospitals have been equipped with computer tools, office supplies, digital cameras and video cameras and essential medicines.
Para 59) As part of its implementation of the National Gender Policy and the Programme to Combat Gender-based Violence, the Government has worked with the Post and Electronic Communications Regulatory Agency and mobile telephone operators (Airtel-Congo, MTNCongo, Azur and Congo-Telecom) to set up a toll-free emergency hotline, 14 44, which has been operational since 4 March 2018. This shows the commitment of the Congolese public authorities to combating gender-based violence.
UN Compilation:
Para 49) CRC remained concerned that female genital mutilation was still practised among some West African communities living in the Congo.
Para 52) [CRC] expressed its concern about the widespread violence against children, particularly girls …
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 41) JS1 indicated that many children continued to be victims of physical violence or corporal punishment. Violence, especially sexual violence against girls, remained a major problem.
Para 42) JS1 reported that, although reliable data were not yet available, … early marriages of girls, …continued to be a scourge with no sanction applied against the perpetrators of these violations.
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State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:Burkina FasoBurkina FasoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFIssue:
- Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
- Female genital mutilation / cutting
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Continue its efforts and carry out education, information and awareness-raising activities aimed at an effective fight against female genital mutilations.ImplementationUN Compilation:
Para 49) CRC remained concerned that female genital mutilation was still practised among some West African communities living in the Congo.
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State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Trafficking in women and / or girls
Type:Review DocumentationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:NeglectedContents:In 2012, CEDAW and UNHCR recommended the ratification of the Palermo Protocol. [Para 4] -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:AustraliaAustraliaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Domestic violence
- "Adultery"
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Repeal laws that criminalise adultery and enact comprehensive legislation making domestic violence and all forms of human trafficking illegal.ExplanationNoted. L’adultère est condamné par les lois congolaises en tenant compte de l’environnement culturel. Sa décriminalisation ne devrait se faire qu’au terme d’une procédure impliquant l’ensemble de la population par voie référendaire. -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Sexual violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:NeglectedContents:UNICEF found that the strategy to combat sexual violence had run into technical difficulties and recommended studying more carefully the vulnerable aspects of women and children and promoting risk prevention and management mechanisms. [Para 42] -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:IndiaIndiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupCommonwealthIssue:
- Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
- HIV and AIDS
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Improve health care facilities and follow-up treatment for infected mothers and infants to reduce the number of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis cases. -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:Reference AddressedContents:UNESCO recommended adopting measures to combat discrimination in the area of education, to protect minorities and to promote gender equality in education. [Para 88] -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:DjiboutiDjiboutiRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's participation
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Continue its policy to eliminate inequalities among men and women, taking the necessary measures to increase participation of women in the political and public life. -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:BulgariaBulgariaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- Empowerment of women
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Continue implementation of policies to encourage the sustainable economic empowerment of women, in particular in rural areas. -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Maternal health / morbidity / mortality
- HIV and AIDS
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
Type:Review DocumentationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Reference AddressedContents:CRC was concerned that HIV/AIDS was one of the main causes of death in the Congo. It called on the Congo to improve follow-up treatment for HIV/AIDS infected mothers and their infants to ensure early diagnosis and the immediate initiation of treatment, and to improve access to high-quality, age-appropriate HIV/AIDS, sexual and reproductive health services, particularly for adolescents. [Para 43] -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:SpainSpainRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:5th session, May 2009Status:No ResponseContents:Increase its efforts, including through educational measures, to end discriminatory attitudes against women. -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:Review DocumentationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:[CRC] also recommended that the Congo consider ratifying the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189) of the International Labour Organization (ILO). [Para 9] -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:BrazilBrazilRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Continue to promote the rights of women, with a focus on obtaining demonstrable results as regards, in particular, access to health services and to the labour market.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 61) Existing Congolese law provides that, “irrespective of any property derived from the dissolution of the marriage, the surviving spouse has property and usufruct rights over the main residence, the right to remain in occupation at that residence and, where applicable, the right to a survivor’s pension, annuity or portion of the death benefit”. Surviving spouses may not be declared unworthy to inherit for refusing to participate in customary mourning rituals. Cruelty to or maltreatment of a widow or widower at mourning ceremonies is punishable under the Criminal Code.
Para 62) The principle of spousal equality has been carried over into the draft personal and family code, which is in the process of being adopted. The draft also contains a number of new provisions. For instance, it stipulates that, “if none of the relatives of a deceased person is entitled to inherit, the surviving spouse receives the inheritance in full”. The new code will significantly mitigate the widely condemned effects of widowhood practices and even prohibit them in certain cases. The draft also stipulates, inter alia, that “a woman may not be considered as part of her deceased husband’s estate. Customary practices that require a widow to marry one of her deceased husband’s relatives are thus prohibited.” These practices are punishable under the draft Criminal Code.
Para 63) Customs and traditions that remove or restrict women’s right to occupy or acquire customary land or land in urban or peri-urban areas have been declared null and void.
UN Compilation:
Para 16) CRC was concerned about the … the multiple gender-based discrimination against girls.
Para 36) [CRC] was concerned about the unequal parental responsibilities of the mother and the father, ingrained in law and in practice.
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State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:Sierra LeoneSierra LeoneRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Launch a national campaign to combat all forms of marginalisation or discrimination based on gender ...ImplementationUN Compilation:
Para 16) CRC was concerned about the … the multiple gender-based discrimination against girls.
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State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:MexicoMexicoRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Sexual violence
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:AcceptedContents:Provide medical and psychological assistance to women who were victims of sexual violations during the conflicts. -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:FranceFranceRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Discrimination based on gender identity
- Rights of same-sex desiring persons
- Transgender persons' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:RejectedContents:Guarantee equal rights for all citizens, and fight against all forms of discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.ImplementationStakeholder Summary:
Para 14) JS3 stated that the 2015 Constitution did not include and provide a general prohibition of discrimination and did not guarantee the protection and promotion of the human rights of LGBTI. Discrimination towards LGBTI was observed at the institutional level; there have been cases of harassment perpetuated by police officers and refusal of asylum to asylum seekers on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. JS3 noted that article 127 of the Family Code defines marriage as an act of union established between a man and a woman, and article 56 of the same Code imposes the nullity of any marriage pronounced between two persons of the same sex. According to JS3, Art. 127 of the Family Code and Art. 330 and Art. 331 of the Penal Code are frequently used as a pretext to socially condemn LGBTI persons.
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State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:Reference AddressedContents:CEDAW urged to review and amend the above existing discriminatory provisions ... [Para 30] -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:GabonGabonRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICOIFIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Continue the adoption process of the draft persons and family code. -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Family planning
- Contraception
- Sexually transmitted infections
- HIV and AIDS
- Adolescent pregnancy
- Sexual and / or reproductive rights and / or health broadly
Type:Review DocumentationSession:17th session, November 2013Status:NeglectedContents:CEDAW called on the Congo to promote education on sexual and reproductive health and rights, with special attention to early pregnancy and the use of contraceptives for family planning and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS; and ensuring that all women and girls have free access to contraceptives, and sexual and reproductive health services. [Para 79] -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:BoliviaBoliviaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Give continuity to the processing of the draft bill to combat violence against women. -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:ParaguayParaguayRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Marital rape
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Female genital mutilation / cutting
Type:RecommendationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:AcceptedContents:Approve a general law to combat and eliminate all forms of violence against women, including spousal rape and female genital mutilation. -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Trafficking in women and / or girls
Type:Review DocumentationSession:31st Session, November 2018Status:Reference AddressedContents:The CRC and the Committee against Torture recommended that the Congo ratify the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and the Multilateral Cooperation Agreement to Combat Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, in West and Central Africa. [Para 6] -
State Under Review:Republic of CongoRepublic of CongoRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFSource Of Reference:MexicoMexicoRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:5th session, May 2009Status:AcceptedContents:Adopt measures to combat attitudes and persistent stereotypes concerning the role and responsibilities of women in society.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 66) For many years, the role and responsibilities taken on by women within Congolese society have been stereotyped and characterized by cliche attributable to a social and cultural environment marked by male supremacy.
Para 67) As a result of the creation of the Ministry for the Advancement of Women and the Integration of Women into Development in 1992, the condition of Congolese women has improved over time.
Para 68) The Ministry helps to determine specific policies on behalf of women and ensures they are implemented.