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Congo, Democratic Republic of - OPCAT Situation

Updated 06.06.2013

The Democratic Republic of Congo ratified the OPCAT in 2010 during the UN Treaty Event in New York.

The designation of a National Preventive Mechanism is under consideration.

The SPT member Victor Madrigal-Borloz is the SPT Focal Point for the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Opcat status
OPCAT Ratification September 23, 2010
UNCAT Ratification March 18, 1996
NPM Designated

Under Consideration

Information
Population 68 692 542
Area (sq km) 2 344 858
Number of prisons 213
Prison population 30 000
Quick links

CAT: Concluding Observations (November 2005)

UPR: Report of the Working Group (January 2010)

Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary detention: Report (October 2009)

ACHPR: Report from DRC (2007)