Content_paragraphs:  MONUSCO and the United Nations Development Programme provided
  
  technical and logistical support to the Tribunal de grande instance of Bunia on the
  
  issue of prolonged detention and prison overcrowding in Mahagi and Aru territories,
  
  bringing 76 long-pending judicial cases to trial. Security issues had prevented the
  
  court from addressing some of these cases for over two years. The trials of
  
  85 defendants, including 1 woman, began on 24 November 2020 and concluded on
  
  26 January 2021; 62 were convicted, including 38 for sexual violence, and 23 were
  
  acquitted, including 1 woman. MONUSCO also provided logistical and technical
  
  support to the Tribunal de grande instance, the garrison military court and the Tribunal
  
  de paix in Kalemie. These proceedings resulted in the conviction of 38 defendants,
  
  including 9 FARDC soldiers, the provisional release of 6 defendants and the acquittal
  
  of 2 defendants.