Adoption of the UPR Outcome report of the Republic of the Congo - Oral statement on behalf of the REIPER
Today, the Fondation Appprentis d’Auteuil International (FAAI) addressed the Human Rights Council on behalf of the REIPER and the Fondation Apprentis d’Auteuil, during the adoption of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Outcome report of the Republic of the Congo. The objectives were to share its assessment of the review, but above all, to invite the Congolese government to collaborate more closely with the REIPER in the implementation of children's rights.
At the beginning of the session, Mr. Jean-Claude Gakosso, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Congolese Abroad of the Republic of the Congo, announced that the Congolese government accepted, and therefore committed to implement, 188 of the 194 recommendations addressed to the State during its last UPR in November 2018. In particular, he highlighted that the accepted recommendations fell into one of the following categories: recommendations whose spirit and letter the Congolese State approves, recommendations that have already been implemented, and those whose implementation is in progress, in accordance with the Republic of the Congo's international human rights commitments.
In its oral statement, the FAAI welcomed the acceptance of all the recommendations relating to children's rights - amounting to 35 - by the Congolese State, and more particularly those reflecting our demands addressed to Member States during the UPR pre-sessions in October 2018. In addition, the FAAI noted with satisfaction the consideration given to the rights of persons with disabilities, as well as the recommendations in favour of the prison population. In this regard, the FAAI also encouraged the Republic of the Congo to take specific measures for incarcerated minors. Finally, the FAAI underlined REIPER's desire to strengthen the partnership established with the Congolese state institutions in order to implement children's rights in the Republic of the Congo.