SAVE THE DATE: EurAc-OSEPI Conference "Elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: European Union support for a credible democratic process"

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is due to hold presidential and legislative elections in November 2016. Yet in a volatile pre-electoral period, political and security tensions are on the rise. Worrying attempts to undermine political transition, shrinking democratic space and a dramatic increase in human rights violations pose an acute threat to a credible and peaceful transfer of power in Congo’s young democracy.