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Fernandez
MURHOLA Congolese Statesman • Human Rights Defender

“Human rights are not defended out of calculation. They are defended because they are the only foundation of human dignity.”
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RDC · ONU · CADHP · ECOSOC · WCSF
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Fernandez MURHOLA
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  • 35+
    years of activism
  • 100+
    reports & publications
  • 30+
    countries visited
  • 18+
    elected mandates
Three pillars

Three pillars, one vocation

In the service of human dignity and national resilience.

Human Rights

Promotion and protection of fundamental freedoms: monitoring, alternative reports to the UN Human Rights Council and the ACHPR, international advocacy.

Rural Development

Regional planning, support to the Congolese rural world, articulation between economic, social and cultural rights and community resilience.

Conflict Resolution

Postgraduate Diploma at Uppsala University (Sweden), CHESD diploma: strategic analysis of conflicts, mediation, transitional justice.

Photographs

Decades of engagement, captured

Field missions, international meetings, ACHPR and UN sessions — a visual archive of public service.

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Public record

Latest public positions

Verified public statements with media sourcing.

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tribune
September 11, 2025 · murhola.org

The importance of judicial cooperation in wartime: the DRC case

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August 1, 2024 · murhola.org

Accueil de la Ministre des Droits Humains à Kisangani — commémorations du génocide congolais

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January 31, 2021 · mediacongo.net

« Sans la loi de programmation militaire, la RDC sera toujours vulnérable »

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International recognition

Recognized by international institutions

Observer Status at the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights since 2003. Special Consultative Status with the United Nations ECOSOC since 2004. Member of the Coordination Council of the World Civil Society Forum (Geneva).

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CADHP
Observer Status
2003
ECOSOC
Special Consultative
2004
WCSF
Coordination Council
GENÈVE
CHESD
Strategic Diploma
2019
Universal principles

A trajectory rooted in the Universal Declaration

Civil and political freedoms · Economic, social and cultural rights · Right to peace and self-determination.

Justice & Equality Equal protection of the law
Dignity Inviolable human dignity
Peace Conflict resolution & reconciliation
Universalism UN · ACHPR · ECOSOC
Civil society 18+ elected mandates
Knowledge UNIKIN · Uppsala · CHESD

« Sans la loi de programmation militaire, la République Démocratique du Congo sera toujours vulnérable. »

— Fernandez MURHOLA · Janvier 2021
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A trajectory in service of the Republic

Premier Congolese to be sworn in before the Constitutional Court as National Human Rights Commissioner of the DRC, in charge of the Permanent Sub-Commission on Civil and Political Rights.

Career Contact
  • 7
    Years in State office2015 – 2022
  • 2016
    French Embassy Human Rights PrizeInternational recognition
  • ★
    CHESD · 2019Diploma awarded by the Head of State
  • UN
    ECOSOC / HRCOral interventions and written communications