Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BRAZZAVILLE4
2009-01-07 10:44:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Brazzaville
Cable title:
CONGO(B) - MAY 2009 UN UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF HUMAN
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UNCLAS BRAZZAVILLE 000004
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PHUM UNHRC
SUBJECT: CONGO(B) - MAY 2009 UN UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF HUMAN
RIGHTS
REF: STATE 130829
UNCLAS BRAZZAVILLE 000004
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PHUM UNHRC
SUBJECT: CONGO(B) - MAY 2009 UN UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF HUMAN
RIGHTS
REF: STATE 130829
1. Embassy Brazzaville has been in touch with both the
government focal point for the Universal Periodic Review of
Human Rights and the principal human rights NGO in Congo(B).
2. On the government side, the focal point is Valentin
Mavoungou, Director General of Human Rights and Fundamental
Freedoms at the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. According
to him, the Republic of Congo has regularly conducted and passed
the periodic reviews. Concerning the 2009 review, he said that
the government's report had already been prepared, under the
direction of a committee established for this purpose and
composed of representatives from the Government, all human
rights NGOs, and other civil society organizations (i.e.,
churches). The report will be submitted to the Minister of
Justice for approval. Once approved, it will be sent to Geneva
for the review in May 2009. When the review is conducted, a
Congolese delegation led by the Minister of Justice will travel
to Geneva to defend the report. The report, which we have not
seen as it is still in the deliberative process, is (exactly) 20
pages long, including 5 pages from the NGOs.
3. Cross-checking with the NGO side, Roger Owoko, the head of
the NGO OCDH (Congolese Human Rights Observatory) confirmed the
state of affairs described by Mr. Mavoungou, specifically OCDH
involvement in the review. However, he also noted that the NGO
portion of the report had been sent to the International Human
Rights Federation (FIDH French acronym).
EASTHAM
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PHUM UNHRC
SUBJECT: CONGO(B) - MAY 2009 UN UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF HUMAN
RIGHTS
REF: STATE 130829
1. Embassy Brazzaville has been in touch with both the
government focal point for the Universal Periodic Review of
Human Rights and the principal human rights NGO in Congo(B).
2. On the government side, the focal point is Valentin
Mavoungou, Director General of Human Rights and Fundamental
Freedoms at the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. According
to him, the Republic of Congo has regularly conducted and passed
the periodic reviews. Concerning the 2009 review, he said that
the government's report had already been prepared, under the
direction of a committee established for this purpose and
composed of representatives from the Government, all human
rights NGOs, and other civil society organizations (i.e.,
churches). The report will be submitted to the Minister of
Justice for approval. Once approved, it will be sent to Geneva
for the review in May 2009. When the review is conducted, a
Congolese delegation led by the Minister of Justice will travel
to Geneva to defend the report. The report, which we have not
seen as it is still in the deliberative process, is (exactly) 20
pages long, including 5 pages from the NGOs.
3. Cross-checking with the NGO side, Roger Owoko, the head of
the NGO OCDH (Congolese Human Rights Observatory) confirmed the
state of affairs described by Mr. Mavoungou, specifically OCDH
involvement in the review. However, he also noted that the NGO
portion of the report had been sent to the International Human
Rights Federation (FIDH French acronym).
EASTHAM