Submission of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom national section of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (WILPF DRC), for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) review of DRC, 33rd session (May 2019). The report highlights issues regarding: gender-based violence and more specifically, domestic violence; political rights and women’s participation in decision-making bodies; political rights and women’s participation in decision-making bodies; the situation of women working in artisanal; the situation of women working in artisanal mining; and arms control.