BandunduJune, 25th, 2021 (CPA).– The framework for consultation on issues of protection of human rights defenders (HRDs) and women human rights (FDDH), was recently put in place, following a workshop exchange of views on the fundamentals of human rights, the work and the role of HRDs in the DRC, organized by the Congolese League for the Defense, Promotion and Popularization of Laws and Human Rights (LIDEPROV), in the room general purpose of the Lenko hotel in Bandundu, in the capital of the province of Kwilu.
The project manager for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (DDF) in the DRC for the provinces of Kwilu, Mai-Ndombe and Lualaba, Me. Valentin Mbalanda suggested that this one-day forum for public authorities and human rights defenders, consisted in bringing together these two components in order to harmonize views, in order to lead a fight together in favor of the promotion of human rights, with the aim of meeting the challenge of misinterpreting the role of human rights defenders. public authorities on the part of HRDs, on the one hand and on the other, the poor perception of the work and role of HRDs.
Presentations on « the concepts of fundamental human rights, Congolese justice through the repression of perpetrators of human rights violations, the role of PNC inspectors, military justice on human rights, the functioning and role of the National Commission of Human Rights. Human Rights (CNDH) and human rights defenders « were provided in turn by local experts in the field.
It should be remembered that the consultation framework put in place at the end of this forum is provided to the presidency by the CNDH and the secretariat by NGOs of HR as well as members from state and parastatal services. ACP/