African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights

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Madame Reine Alapini-Gansou

Country: Benin

States

States Assigned

Cameroon

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mali

Senegal

Togo

Mission Reports

Mali: Fact-Finding Mission, 2013

53rd Ordinary SessionFromApril 09 to April 22 , 2013

Function	Appointed	Resolution	Renewal	End	Period
Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and Focal Point on Reprisals in Africa Special Rapporteur	38th Ordinary Session	248 315	42nd Ordinary Session	46th Ordinary Session	From November 21 , 2005 To December 05 , 2005
Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities in Africa Working Group Member	57th Ordinary Session	323		61st Ordinary Session	From November 04 , 2015 To November 18 , 2015
Working Group on Rights of Older Persons and People with Disabilities Working Group Member	42nd Ordinary Session	118 250 312	45th Ordinary Session	61st Ordinary Session	From November 15 , 2007 To November 28 , 2007
Committee on the Protection of the Rights of People Living With HIV (PLHIV) and Those at Risk, Vulnerable to and Affected by HIV Working Group Member	50th Ordinary Session	220 279 325	51st Ordinary Session	61st Ordinary Session	From October 24 , 2011 To November 05 , 2011
Advisory Committee on Budgetary and Staff Matters Working Group Member	54th Ordinary Session	142 256 313 191	45th Ordinary Session	61st Ordinary Session	From October 22 , 2013 To November 05 , 2013
Working Group on Communications Working Group Member	50th Ordinary Session	255 314		61st Ordinary Session	From October 24 , 2011 To November 05 , 2011

News

The Voice of the Indigenous

Cotonou Declaration on strengthening and expanding the protection of all Human Rights Defenders in Africa

The Final Communiqué of the Sensitization Seminar on HIV and Humn Rights in Africa, 6 - 8 December 2016, Cotonou, Benin

Joint Letter of Appeal to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Statement of Madam Reine Alapini-Gansou, Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa

Statement on the Meeting of the Working Group on Older Persons and Persons with Disabilities in Africa 5 March 2015, Banjul, The Gambia

Final Communiqué on the Third Meeting of the Study Group on Freedom of Association and Peaceful Assembly in Africa

Press Releases

Joint Letter of Appeal to the United Republic of Tanzania

Press Statement of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the deregistration of NGOs in Kenya

Press Release on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Press Release on the Promotion Mission of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to the Republic of The Gambia

Press Release on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders and Civil Society Space in the Arab Republic of Egypt

Press Statement at the Conclusion of the Promotion Mission of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania

Press Release on the Human Rights Situation in the Republic of The Sudan

Press Release on the Human Rights Situation in Cameroon Following strike actions of Lawyers, Teachers and Civil Society

Press Release: Human Rights Promotion Mission to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania

Press Release on the Promotion Mission of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to the Democratic Republic of Congo (6 - 12 August 2016)

Press release on the promotion mission of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to the Democratic Republic of Congo

Press Release on the Forced Disappearance and killing of a human rights lawyer and two others

Press release on judicial harassment and acts of intimidation against Vandalark Patricks

Press release on intimidations and deaths threats against of David Calleb Otieno, Wilfred Olal and Ferdinand Manirerekana

Press release on the suspension of ten (10) non-governmental organizations in Burundi

Press release on the dismissal of charges against the human rights defender Mr. Justus Orishaba Bagamuhunda

Press Release on the assassination attempt on Mr. Pierre-Claver Mbonimpa

Joint press release by the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa and the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information regarding the situation of human rights defenders and freedom of expression and assembly in Burundi

Press Release on the Human Rights Promotion Mission Undertaken by the African Commission on Human and Peoples? Rights to the Republic of Seychelles, from 6 to 10 April 2015

Press Release: Human Rights Promotion Mission to the Republic of Seychelles

Joint Press Release by Chairpersons of the Working Group on Death Penalty, Extra-Judicial, Summary and Arbitrary Killings in Africa and the Working Group on the Rights of Older Persons and Persons with Disabilities in Africa regarding the attacks and killings of Persons with Albinism in East Africa

Joint Press Release by the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and the Special Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention in Africa on the Human Rights Situation Following the Events Surrounding the Amendment of the Electoral Law in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Press Release by the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders on the Appeal Verdict in the Case of Yara Sallam and Sanaa Seif

Joint Press Release on the Verdict against Sanaa Seif, Yara Sallam and 21 Other Co-accused in Egypt

Press release on the upcoming verdict in the trial against Ms. Sana Seif, Ms. YaraSallam, together with 21 other individuals

Press Release on the Arrest and Detention of Ali Idrissa and Ten Other Human Rights Defenders in Niger

Press Release on the Abduction of MédiatriceRizikiandAngéliqueNavura, Human Rights Defenders in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Press Release on the Closure of the Salmmah Women’s Center in Khartoum, Sudan

Press Release on the Human Rights Situation in the Kidal Region in Mali

Press Release by the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa and the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa on the arrest of Mr Thulani Rudolf Maseko and Mr Bheki Makhubu

Press Release on the implications of the anti-homosexuality Act on the work of Human Rights Defenders in the Republic of Uganda

Press Release on the Meeting of the Working Group on the Rights of Older Persons and Persons with Disabilities in Africa

Press Release on the Implication of the Same Sex Marriage [Prohibition] Act 2013 on Human Rights Defenders in Nigeria

Statement on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Djibouti

Press Release on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Benin

Press Release on the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Fact-finding Mission to the Republic of Mali

Press Release on the African Commission on Human and Peoples? Rights Fact-finding Mission to the Republic of Mali

Fact-finding Mission to the Republic of Mali

Communique on the release of Mr Ibrahim Abdias Abdinur, journalist and human rights defender in Somalia

Communique on the release of members of the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement In Mauritania (IRA)

Press Release on the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Joint Human Rights Promotion Mission to the Republic of Chad

Joint statement by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, Margaret Sekaggya, and the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ rights, Reine Alapini-Gansou, at the end of their visit to Tunisia

Press Release on the Fact-Finding Mission of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights to the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Joint Press Release on the Visit of the United Nations and African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Special Rapporteures on Human Rights Defenders in Tunisia

Press Statement on the Release of Human Rights Defenders in Sudan

Press Release on the Release of Mohamed Smain in Algeria

Joint Press Release on the Arrest and Detention of Women Human Rights Defenders in Sudan

Press release on the detention of four staff members of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Libya

Press release of the mission to promote human rights of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights to the Republic of Togo

Press release on the judicial harassment of Mohamed Smain, Algerian Human Rights Defender

Celebration of African Human Rights Day: 30 Years after the adoption of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights

Press Statement on a High-level Promotional Mission of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to the Democratic Republic of Congo

Promotion mission of a delegation of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights to Cameroon

Statement by Commissioner Reine Alapini-Gansou, Chairperson of the ACHPR, on the Occasion of the Commemoration of Africa Human Rights Day, 21 October 2010

Press Release on the Decision to Suspend 13 International Humanitarian Organisation and the Closure of 3 Non-Governmental Organisations in Sudan

Press Release on the Situation in Cameroon

Assassination of human rights defender, Floribert Bwana Chuy Bin Kositi

Enforced Disappearance of Human Rights Defenders in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Press Release: Assassination of the journalist and human rights defender Serge Maheshe

Press Release on the Situation in Zimbabwe

Press release to welcome developments in Somalia

Press Release on the Situation in Côte d'Ivoire

Press Release on the Alleged Persecution of Human Rights Defenders in Zimbabwe

Press Release on the Harrassment of Mr. Jean-Paul Noël Abdi

Press Release on the Detention of Mr. Benjamin Luanda Mitsindo

Press Release on the Situation in Guinea

Statement of the Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Madam Reine Alapini-Gansou, on the occasion of Southern Sudan referendum of 9 January 2011