> 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
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Initial Report of the Republic of
Madagascar. More

Periodic Report of the Republic
of Cameroon
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Periodic Report of the Republic
of Rwanda
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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

PRESS RELEASES
  1. 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...

  2. 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...

  3. 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...

  4. 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...

  5. Press release on the deteriorating human
    rights situation in the Republic of The
    Gambia More...
  6. Statement by the Special Rapporteur on
    the Rights of Women in Africa on the
    Occasion of Pan African Women's Day
    More...
  7. Press Statement on the Joint Meeting
    between the ACHPR and African Court.
    More...
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
  11. 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...
  12. Press Release on the Decision to Suspend
    Thirteen International Humanitarian
    Organisations and the Closure of Three
    Non-Governmental Organisantion in Sudan.
    More...
  13. 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...

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