47TH ORDINARY SESSION OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS

12 - 26 May 2010

Tunis - Republic of Tunisia
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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 78 of the Rules of Procedure of the African Commission: Periodic Report of the Democratic Republic of Congo. More Initial Report of the Republic of Madagascar. More Periodic Report of the Republic of Cameroon. More Periodic Report of the Republic of Rwanda . More STATUS OF SUBMISSION OF STATES PERIODIC REPORTS ADOPTED MISSION REPORTS CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS ON STATE INITIAL/PERIODIC REPORTS Activity Reports 26th Activity Report 25th Activity Report 23rd and 24th Activity Reports eng|ar|por 22nd Activity Report More... PAST SESSIONS 46th Ordinary Session 45th Ordinary Session 44th Ordinary Session 5th Extra-ordinary Session 43rd Ordinary Session 4th Extra-ordinary Session 42nd Ordinary Session 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 Reine Alapini- Gansou, delivering the closing speech during 46th Ordinary Session Acting Chairperson of the African Commission, Hon. Commissioner Bahame Tom Mukirya Nyanduga, delivering the opening speech during the 46th Ordinary Session Ambassador Emile Ognimba representing Hon. Commissioner for Political Affairs of the African Union, H.E. Madam Julia Dolly Joiner, during the opening ceremony of the 46th Ordinary Session Hon. Commissioner Mohamed Khalfallah, one of the newly elected members of the Commission being sworn-in at the 46th Ordinary Session Cross-section of participants at the 46th Ordinary Session

NEWS/UPCOMING ACTIVITIES Call for Normination of Independent Expert Members to serve on the African Commission's Working Group on Extractive Industries, Environment and Human Rights Violations in Africa. eng | ar | por Final Communique of the 46th Ordinary Session Resolutions adopted at the 46th Ordiniary Session Resolution on the General Human Rights Situation in Africa Resolution on Climate Change and Human Rights and the Need to Study its Impact in Africa Resolution on the Need for the Conduct of a Study on Freedom of Association in Africa Resolution on the Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on the Enjoyment of Social and Economic Rights in Africa more... PRESS RELEASES Press release by the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa in respect of the proposed Nigerian Press Council and the Practice of Journalism in Nigeria Bill 2009 More... Press release on the African Union Special Summit on Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons, held on 22 and 23 October 2009, Kampala, Uganda More... Press release by the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa on the continuous violation of freedom of expression in the Republic of Senegal More... Press release on the African Union Special Summit on Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons, held on 22 and 23 October 2009, Kampala, Uganda More... Press release on the deteriorating human rights situation in the Republic of The Gambia More... Statement by the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa on the Occasion of Pan African Women's Day More... Press Statement on the Joint Meeting between the ACHPR and African Court. More... Press Release by the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa on the Treat, Harrassement and Intimidation aganist Journalists in Sierra Leone. More... Press Release by the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa on the Proposed Decriminalization of Media Offences in Senegal. More... Press Release by the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa Welcoming the Interim Amendents to the Kenya Communications (Amendment) Act 2009. More... Press Release by the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa on the Situation of Freedom of Expression in The Gambia More... Press Release on the Decision to Suspend Thirteen International Humanitarian Organisations and the Closure of Three Non-Governmental Organisantion in Sudan. More... Press Release of the Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Assylum Seekers, Internally Displaced Persons and Migrants in Africa on the Situation in Sudan Pursuant to the ICC indictment of President Bashir. More... More