indigenous commitment. Ten local committees were trained in the management of wells, community plantations, health centres and schools. Following the recommendation of the monitoring and evaluation mission of February 2006, a workshop on decentralised planning related to the protection of the rights of indigenous people was organised in Ouesso from 27 to 30 June 2006. During this workshop, Indigenous people identified and validated the priority issues. A common understanding of the problematic was reached as well as the adoption of an action plan for the project revitalisation. In 2007, for several days, a national workshop on indigenous people gathered around the same table all institutional national, regional and local representatives, and international partners working in Congo along with the main persons concerned: delegates from communities and civil society from indigenous associations, not to mention structures, associations or not, working on more general or adjoining themes (human rights, forest preservation,...). At departmental level, the indigenous people participated fully in the development of decentralised action plans for improving their quality of life, and they approved the works that were carried out. The National Network of Indigenous People of the Congo, as a platform and umbrella organisation of indigenous organisations participates each year in the phases of the implementation and monitoring of these plans. CHAPTER 3: CIVIL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS (Article 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 16) The Committee's request for information concerns 4 areas of concern, namely: -Name, nationality, identity and registration at birth; -Freedom of expression; -Freedom of thought, conscience and religion; -Freedom of association and peaceful assembly; -Protection of privacy; -Protection of children against abuse and maltreatment. Name, nationality, identity and registration at birth According to Articles 16 and 17 of the Child Protection Act, "the child shall be entitled to an identity from his birth. This identity consists of a name and a surname with no derogative connotation, date of birth and nationality. "(Art. 16), the law adds that" the child has the right to a name and a first name at birth, in accordance with the provisions of the Family Code. A child born in Congo acquires Congolese nationality, in accordance with the provisions of the code of Congolese nationality. He/she 34