Congo (Democratic Republic)

Not Available

Immigration detainees

2019

No Data

Detained children

Overview

Types of facilities used for migration-related detention
Administrative Ad Hoc Criminal Unknown

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DETENTION STATISTICS

Total Migration Detainees: Flow + Stock (year)
Not Available
2019

DETAINEE DATA

Total Number of Children Placed in Immigration Detention (Year)
0
2017

DETENTION CAPACITY

ALTERNATIVES TO DETENTION

ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT DATA

PRISON DATA

Criminal Prison Population (Year)
20,550
2015
Prison Population Rate (per 100,000 of National Population)
29
2015
33
2010

POPULATION DATA

Population (Year)
89,600,000
2020
77,267,000
2015
International Migrants (Year)
545,700
2015
International Migrants as Percentage of Population (Year)
0.7
2015
Refugees (Year)
523,733
2019
529,061
2018
537,087
2017
451,947
2016
383,095
2015
119,754
2014
Ratio of Refugees Per 1000 Inhabitants (Year)
5.67
2017
1.6
2014
New Asylum Applications (Year)
8,612
2019
423
2016
131
2014
Refugee Recognition Rate (Year)
25
2014
Stateless Persons (Year)
0
2016
0
2015

SOCIO-ECONOMIC DATA & POLLS

Gross Domestic Product per Capita (in USD)
442
2014
Remittances to the Country
35
2014
Unemployment Rate
2014
Net Official Development Assistance (ODA) (in Millions USD)
2,398.2
2014
Human Development Index Ranking (UNDP)
176 (Low)
2015

MIGRATION-RELATED DETENTION

GOVERNANCE SYSTEM

Legal Tradition(s)
Civil law
2017
Customary law
2017

LEGAL & REGULATORY FRAMEWORK

GROUNDS FOR MIGRATION-RELATED DETENTION

LENGTH OF MIGRATION-RELATED DETENTION

MIGRATION-RELATED DETENTION INSTITUTIONS

PROCEDURAL STANDARDS & SAFEGUARDS

DETENTION MONITORS

> National human rights monitoring bodies

> National Preventive Mechanisms (Optional Protocol to UN Convetion against Torture)

> Non-governmental organisations (NGOs)

> Governmental monitoring bodies

> International detention monitoring

TRANSPARENCY

READMISSION/RETURN/EXTRADITION AGREEMENTS

COVID-19

HEALTH CARE

COVID-19 DATA

INTERNATIONAL TREATIES

International Treaties Ratified
Ratification Year
Observation Date
OPCRPD, Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
2015
2015
CRPD, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
2015
2015
OPCAT, Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
2010
2010
CTOCTP, Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children
2005
2005
CAT, Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
1996
1996
CRC, Convention on the Rights of the Child
1990
1990
CEDAW, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
1986
1986
ICCPR, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
1976
1976
ICESCR, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
1976
1976
VCCR, Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
1976
1976
ICERD, International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
1976
1976
PCRSR, Protocol to the Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
1975
1975
CRSR, Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
1965
1965
Ratio of relevant international treaties ratified
Ratio: 13/19
Individual Complaints Procedures
Acceptance Year
CRPD, Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2015
2015
ICCPR, First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 1976
1976
Ratio of Complaints Procedures Accepted
Observation Date
1/7
2017
Relevant Recommendations Issued by Treaty Bodies
Recommendation Year
Observation Date
Committee on the Rights of the Child § 41. "In view of the fact that large numbers of children continue to be internally displaced owing to the armed conflict in the eastern part of the country and the significant numbers of refugees arriving from neighbouring countries, the Committee reiterates its previous recommendation (see CRC/C/COD/CO/2, para. 75) that the State party continue and strengthen its efforts to ensure that all refugees and displaced persons, particularly children, are provided with adequate and appropriate assistance, including food, medical and psychological care and access to education, and also that it seek the support of and cooperation from international organizations, including the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The Committee recommends that the State party establish a coherent database and national programmes for refugee and internally displaced children, with a view to ensuring full protection of their rights." 2017
2017

NON-TREATY-BASED INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS

Relevant Recommendations from the UN Universal Periodic Review
Observation Date
No 2010
2017
No 2014
2017
Yes 2019

REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS

Regional Legal Instruments
Year of Ratification (Treaty) / Transposed (Directive) / Adoption (Regulation)
Observation Date
ACHPR, African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights 1987
1987
2017
APRW, Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol) 2008
2008
2017

DETENTION COSTS

OUTSOURCING

FOREIGN SOURCES OF FUNDING FOR DETENTION OPERATIONS