We welcome the extension of the mandate of the team of international experts to cover the entire national territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The work of the team of international experts and the technical assistance provided to the Congolese authorities by OHCHR are essential at a time when serious human rights violations, including crimes under international law, continue to be committed almost daily in the DRC, most often with impunity.
In North Kivu and Ituri provinces, large-scale killings of civilians continue despite the ongoing DRC-Uganda joint military operations and the state of siege declared in May 2021
