2009-10-05
KINSHASA, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- The UN special rapporteur on arbitrary and extra-judicial killings, Philip Alston, is paying an11-day visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on a human rights mission, according to the UN bureau in Kinshasa.
Alston is scheduled to discuss with Congolese officials about the situation of human rights violations in the central African country, the UN bureau said on Sunday.
Alston, who arrived on Saturday, is also expected to hold discussions with the Congolese political-judicial authorities on the preventive measures against human rights abuses, before meeting with the members of the civil society, families of the victims and the representatives of the international community.
After his stay in the capital Kinshasa, Alston will go to Bas-Congo, North Kivu, South Kivu and Orientale provinces to continue the inspection tour.
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