ANNEXES: TABLES OF KEY DATA AND OTHER STATISTICS Table 1: International and Regional Instruments with Specific Reference to the Rights of Women and Children International and Regional Instruments with Specific Reference to the Rights of Women and Children Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) (1979) Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRD) (1989) Optional Protocol on the Convention on the Rights of the Child relating to the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography Optional Protocol on the Convention on the Rights of the Child relating to the involvement of children in armed conflicts African Charter on the Rights and Wellbeing of the Child Date of Ratification by the DRC 6 October, 1985 21 August, 1990 Decree-Law No. 003/01 of 28 March, 2001 Decree-Law No. 002/01 of 28 March, 2001 African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights. Decree-Law No. 007/01 of 28 March, 2001 Order No. 87-027 of 20 July, 1987 Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights relating to the Rights of Women (MAPUTO Protocol) Signed: 05/12/2003 Ratified: 09/06/2008 Deposited: 09/02/2009 Table 2: Laws on the Rights of Women Law Purpose Law No. 06/018 of 20 July, 2006 on the It provides for and sanctions breaches likely to affect the Congolese criminal code, amending and dignity of women. complementing the Decree of 30 January, It includes the rules of international humanitarian law on 1940 breaches relating to sexual violence. The amendments to this criminal code complement and consider as breaches, various forms of sexual violence which were hitherto not included in the criminal code and establish the definition of sexual violence in accordance with the international standards applicable in the matter. Law No. 06/019 of 20 July, 2006 on the For the purposes of sexual violence, it abolishes the Congolese criminal procedure code, payment of a compromise fine provided for to avoid amending and complementing the Decree prosecution by giving preference to the imposition of a of 6 August, 1959 prison sentence. Certain provisions of this code have been amended and complemented to ensure promptness of elimination, protect the dignity of the victim and to guarantee legal assistance for the same. Law No. 73-021 of 20 July, 1973 on the general system on assets, land and real estate system and the collateral system, as currently amended and complemented. This law does not contain discriminatory provisions. The basic principle is that the State exclusively owns the land and the sub-soil. Without regard to sex, and within the confines of the law, individuals may enjoy the right to land concession. 74