Country: Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)

(French) Study – Assessment of economic, social and cultural rights in relation to gender-based violence in the Ituri district (DRC)
Press release – CAR/ICC: 18 years imprisonment for J-P. Bemba
(French) Manual – Vade mecum of the lawyer in matters of preventive detention and placement of the child in conflict with the law
Which authority is competent to decide an alternative detention?

Judge
What are the conditions that must be met for someone to benefit from an alternative detention?

Bail
What are the different alternatives to pre-trial detention?

Provisional liberty
Which authority is competent to decide on release?

– Official of the State prosecutor’s office – Judge
On what grounds and when can someone be released?

Different grounds apply provided that conditions of residence and control are respected
What is a release?

– Provisional release with bail – Withdrawal of preventative detention
What happens to the pre-trial detainee during the release procedure?

– Appeal: upholding the detention – Petition to squash : Execution of suspended decisions