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UN halts investigation into rights abuses in eastern DRC due to lack of funding

Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, during a meeting regarding abuses in eastern DRC, on 7 February 2025. © Elodie LE MAOU / AFPTV / AFP

Hit by a funding crisis, largely linked to a cut in the United States' contribution, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has been forced to announce the suspension of a fact-finding mission into human rights abuses committed in eastern DRC.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, announced last week that this mission could not go ahead "until - and unless - the funds are available."

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