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Resolution on the composition and renewal of the mandate of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities in Africa

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights meeting at its 38 th Ordinary Session held in Banjul, The Gambia from 21 November to 5 December 2005;

Recalling its Resolution Ref. ACHPR/Res.65 (XXXIV) 03 on the adoption of the Report of the African Commission’s Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities adopted at its 34 th Ordinary Session held in Banjul, The Gambia from 6 to 20 November 2003;

Recalling that the African Commission established a Working Group composed of six members, amongst them, two Members of the African Commission;

Noting that the African Commission entrusted the Working Group with a mandate for an initial period of two years;

Considering that the initial term of two years of the Working Group comes to an end during the 38 th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights;

Commending the continuous assistance of the International Working Group on Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) to the activities of the Working Group;

 Appreciating the work undertaken by the Working Group during the past two years in the discharge of its mandate;

Recognising further the importance of the work of the Working Group in the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous populations/communities in Africa and the necessity to allow the Working Group to continue to carry out its mandate;

Decides to:

  • Extend the mandate of the Working Group for a period of two years with effect from 5 December 2005;
  • Designate Commissioner Kamel Rezag Bara as Chairperson of the Working Group; and
  • Appoint Commissioner Musa N Bitaye as Member of the Working Group.

Done in Banjul, The Gambia, 5 December 2005

 

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