51st ORDINARY SESSION OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS

18 April - 2 May 2012 [français]

SUBMISSION OF STATE REPORTS In accordance with Article 62 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, States Parties to the Charter are required to submit every two years, a report on the legislative or other measures taken, with a view to giving effect to the rights and freedoms recognised and guaranteed by the Charter. The following Initial/Periodic State reports have been submitted to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights as per Article 62, and are hereby made public in accordance with Rule 74 of the Rules of Procedure of the African Commission: Periodic Report of the Republic of Angola STATUS OF SUBMISSION OF STATES PERIODIC REPORTS/ CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS ADOPTED MISSION REPORTS DECISIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS Activity Reports 28th Activity Report eng | ar | por 27th Activity Report More... PAST SESSIONS 50th Ordinary Session 49th Ordinary Session 48th Ordinary Session More... LINKS African Union African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights Pan-African Parliament Refugee Case Law - University of Michegan

ACTIVITIES/EVENTS Chairperson of the African Commission, Hon. Commissioner Dupe Atoki delivering the closing speech during the 50th Ordinary Session Hon. Commissioner Yeung Sik Yuen reading the Final Communique of the 50th Ordinary Session Hon. Edward Gomez, Attorney General and Minister of Justice of the Republic of The Gambia, delivering the opening statement at the 50th Ordinary Session Speech of the Representative of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights - Judge Fatsh Ouguergouz Hon. Commissioner Pacifique Manirakiza newly elected member of the Commission being sworn-in Hon. Commissioner Maya Sahli Fadel newly elected member of the Commission being sworn-in Hon. Commissioner Med. S.K. Kaggwa newly elected member of the Commission being sworn-in Hon. Commissioner Reine Alapini-Gansou re-elected member of the Commission being sworn-in

NEWS/UPCOMING ACTIVITIES 10th Extra-ordinary Session 12 - 16 December, 2011 Banjul, The Gambia Final Communique 50th Ordinary Session 24th October - 5th November 2011 Sheraton Gambia Hotel Resort and Spa Banjul - The Gambia Final Communique List of Participants Adopted Resolutions Press statement on the Appointment of a New Bureau for the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights PRESS RELEASES Press Release on the Meeting of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of People Living with HIV and those at Risk, Vulnerable to and Affected by HIV Press Release on the Human Rights Situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo Press release on the meeting of the Working Group on the Death Penalty in Africa. Press release on the meeting of the Working Group on the Death Penalty in Africa. Communiqué of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) on the abduction of three humanitarian NGO workers from Sahrawi Refugee Camps. Press Statement on the Prisons Promotion Mission by Commissioner Catherine Dupe Atoki, to the Federal Republic of Nigeria. More.. Press release on the promotion mission to the Republic of Central African Republic. More.. Press Statement on the Human Rights Situation in North Africa Press Statement on a High-level Promotional Mission of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to the Democratic Republic of Congo. More... Statement by the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa on the Occasion of the International Women's Day, 08 March, 2011. More... More Documents presented during the Colloquium The African Charter as a living document on the promotion and protection of human rights in the continent by Judge Fatsah Ouguergouz The AU, the ACHPR and the protection gaps in the Charter by Prof Alain Didier Olinga The implementation of and compliance with the provisions of the African Charter by States parties by Illa Rachidatou