37th Ordinary Session : 27 April - 11 May 2005. Banjul, Gambia

State Reports & Concluding Observations

• Egypt: 3rd Periodic Report, 2001-2004
  Submitted: 01 January 2004
  Concluding Observations: available
• Mauritania: 8th and 9th Periodic Reports
  Submitted: 01 January 2005
  Concluding Observations: available

Mission Reports

• Cameroon: Prisons and Detention Conditions, 2002
  Special Mechanism: Special Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention
  Commissioner: Vera Mlanguzwa Chirwa
• Ethiopia: Mission on Prisons and Conditions of Detention, 2004
  Special Mechanism: Special Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention
  Commissioner: Vera Mlanguzwa Chirwa
• Sierra Leone: Promotion Mission, 2004
  Commissioner: Emmanuel Victor Oware Dankwa
• South Africa: Prisons and Detention Conditions, 2004
  Special Mechanism: Special Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention
  Commissioner: Vera Mlanguzwa Chirwa

Decisions on Communications

• 251/02. Lawyers of Human Rights / Swaziland
  Outcome: Decided on merits
• 273/03. Centre for Advancement of Democracy, Social Justice, Conflict Resolution and Human Welfare / Nigeria
  Outcome: File closed
• 268/03. Ilesanmi / Nigeria
  Outcome: Ruled inadmissible
• 269/03. INTERIGHTS (on behalf of Safia Yakubu Husaini et al) / Nigeria
  Outcome: Withdrawn, Provisional measures
• 264/02. Association Que Choisir Bénin / Benin
  Outcome: Ruled inadmissible

NGO Statements

NGOs Granted Observer Status

• Antenne Social Alert Burkina (ASAB)
• Association Panafricaine Thomas Sankara (APTS) Centre des Droits de l’Homme (CDH)
• Comité des Observateurs des Droits de l’Homme (CODHO)
• Fondation Canadienne des Droits de la Personne (FCDP) = Canadian Human Rigths Foundation (CHRF) - new name Equitas
• Forest Peoples Programme
• Groupe Agora de Recherche pour l’education aux Droits de l’Enfant et à la Paix (GRA-REDEP)
• Indigenous Movement for Peace Advancement and Conflicts Transformation (IMPACT)
• Les Enfants de Demain
• NOON Center for Legal Consultation & Human Rights
• Ogiek Welfare Council
• Southern African Development Community (SADC) Lawyers Association
• Voie des Opprimés pour les Droits de l’Homme (VDO)
• Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR)

NHRI Affiliate Status