UN rights body holds urgent session on violence in Democratic Republic of Congo

Members of M23 rebel patrol on the street of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (Brian Inganga/AP)

The UN’s top human rights body is holding an urgent session on spiralling violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels recently captured a key city and some 3,000 people have been killed since late January.

The special session of the Human Rights Council was called by the Democratic Republic of Congo with the support of dozens of countries.