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Report of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office on human rights violations committed by the Mouvement du 23 mars (M23) in North Kivu province April 2012 - November 2013

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This report of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (M23) details the human rights violations committed by the Mouvement du 23 mars (M23) in North Kivu province, in particular in the areas of Nyiragongo and Rutshuru territories that it occupied from mid-April 2012 to 4 November 20131 . During this period, M23 members committed within these areas grave violations of human rights and of international humanitarian law, such as violations of the right to life, violations of the right to physical integrity, including acts of sexual violence, violations of the right to liberty and security of the person, and violations of the right to property. These violations may constitute international crimes and crimes under Congolese criminal law given their nature and the context in which they were committed.

The present report follows the report released by the UNJHRO on 8 May 20132 on human rights violations committed by soldiers of the Congolese armed forces and M23 members in Goma and Sake, in North Kivu province, as well as in Minova and surroundings in South Kivu province, between 15 November and 2 December 2012.