+220 441 05 05-6 | au-banjul@africa-union.org
Public Session Agenda 71st Ordinary Session
71st ORDINARY SESSION OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS
21 April to 13 May 2022
Public Session Agenda
DAY 1: THURSDAY, 21 APRIL 2022
Item 1
09:00 – 11:30Opening Ceremony (Public session)
11:30– 11:45 HEALTH BREAK
Item 2
11:45 – 12:00Adoption of the Session Agenda (Private Session)
Item 3: Statements on Human Rights Situation in Africa
a) Statements by State Delegates (7 mins)
b) Statement by African Union Organs with a Human Rights Mandate (5 mins)
c) Statements by Intergovernmental and International Organizations (5 mins)
d) Statements by National Human Rights Institutions
(5 mins)
e) Statements by Non-Governmental Organisations (5 minutes)
12:00 - 12:30 Statements on Human Rights Situation in Africa
END OF DAY 1
DAY 2: FRIDAY, 22 APRIL 2022
Item 4:Consideration of Applications for Observer and Affiliate Status
9:00– 09:30Relationship and Cooperation with National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
a) Relationship and cooperation between the ACHPR and NHRIs
- Consideration of Applications for Affiliate Status from NHRIs
b) Relationship and cooperation between the ACHPR and NGOs:
- Consideration of Applications for Observer Status from NGOs.
Item 3 cont’d:Human Rights Situation in Africa
09:30 – 10:30Human Rights Situation in Africa
10:30– 10:45 HEALTH BREAK
Item 4, cont’d:Consideration of Applications for Observer and Affiliate Status
10:45 – 11:30Consideration of Applications for Observer Status from NGOs
Item 5: Panels & Launches
11:30 – 12:30Panel Discussion on Sustainable Development and Human Rights in Africa: How to ensure accountability of States and Business Entities
END OF DAY 2
DAY 3: SATURDAY, 23 APRIL 2022
Item 3 cont’d:Human Rights Situation in Africa
09:00 – 10:30Human Rights Situation in Africa
10:30– 10:45 HEALTH BREAK
Item 3 cont’d:Human Rights Situation in Africa
10:45 – 12:30Human Rights Situation in Africa
END OF DAY 3
DAY 4: SUNDAY, 24 APRIL 2022
Preparation and review of communications and other working materials of the session
END OF DAY 4
DAY 5: MONDAY, 25 APRIL 2022
Item 6 Activity Reports of the Members of the Commission & Special Mechanisms (Presentations – 20mins, Interventions – States 5 mins, NGOs & NHRIs 3 mins)
09:00– 10:30 Activity Reports of the Members of the Commission & Special Mechanisms
(i) Chairperson of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities in Africa;
(ii) Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa;
(iii) Chairperson of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of People Living with HIV and those at Risk, Vulnerable to and Affected by HIV;
(iv) Chairperson of the Working Group on the Rights of Older Persons and People with Disabilities in Africa;
(v) Special Rapporteur on Prisons, Conditions of Detention and Policing in Africa;
(vi) Chairperson of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture in Africa;
(vii) Chairperson of the Working Group on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Africa;
(viii) ACHPR Vice-Chairperson & Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa;
(ix) Chairperson of the Working Group on Death Penalty and Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Killings and Enforced Disappearances in Africa;
(x) Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum Seekers,
Internally Displaced Persons and Migrants in Africa;
(xi) Chairperson of the Working Group on Communications.
(xii) Vice-Chairperson & Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa;
(xiii) Chairperson of the ACHPR on activities of the Chairperson and the Bureau;
(xiv) Chairperson of the Working Group on Extractive Industries, Environment and Human Rights Violations in Africa
10:30– 10:45 HEALTH BREAK
Item 5 cont’d: Panel & Launches
10:45 – 11:30Panel on the Commemoration of the Rwandan Genocide
11:30 – 12:30Panel on the Ratification of the Protocols on Older Persons and Persons with Disabilities in Africa
END OF DAY 5
DAY 6 : TUESDAY, 26 APRIL 2022
Item 6 cont’d Activity Reports of the Members of the Commission & Special Mechanisms
09:00 – 09:30Activity Reports of the Members of the Commission & Special Mechanisms
Item 5 cont’d: Panels & Launches
09:30 – 10:30Panel on Conditions of Prisons and Places of Detention in Africa
10:30– 10:45 HEALTH BREAK
Item 3 cont’d: Human Rights Situation in Africa
10:45 – 11:00Human Rights Situation in Africa
Item 5 cont’d Panels & Launches
11:00 – 12:00Panel of the Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Internally Displaced Persons and Migrants in Africa
Item 3 cont’d: Human Rights Situation in Africa
12:00 – 12:30Human Rights Situation in Africa
END OF DAY 6
DAY 7 : WEDNESDAY, 27 APRIL 2022
Item 5 cont’d: Panels & Launches
09:00 – 10:00Panel on Prevention of unconstitutional change of Government in Africa: Role of the ACHPR
Item 6 cont’d Activity Reports of the Members of the Commission & Special Mechanisms
10:00 – 10:30Activity Reports of the Members of the Commission & Special Mechanisms
10:30– 10:45 HEALTH BREAK
Item 3 cont’d: Human Rights Situation in Africa
10:45 – 11:00Human Rights Situation in Africa
Item 5 cont’d Panels & Launches
11:00 – 12:00Panel on the 10th Anniversary of the Addis Ababa Road Map
Item 3 cont’d: Human Rights Situation in Africa
12:00 – 12:30Human Rights Situation in Africa
END OF DAY 7
DAY 8: THURSDAY, 28 APRIL 2022
Item 7:Consideration of State Reports
09:00 – 09:30Status of Submission of State Party Report
09:30 – 10:30Report of the Republic of Kenya (Presentation & Questions)
- Welcome Remarks by the Chairperson (5 minutes)
- State Presentation (1 Hr)
- Questions by Commissioner Rapporteur (10 mins)
- Questions by Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa (SRRWA), on the Maputo Protocol (where applicable) (10 minutes)
- Questions by Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Internally Displaced Persons and Migrants (where applicable) (10 minutes)
- Questions by other Special Mechanisms (7 mins)
- State Response (1Hr)
- Concluding remarks of the SRRWA on the Maputo Protocol (where applicable) (5 mins)
- Concluding remarks of Commissioner Rapporteur and Chairperson (10 mins)
10:30– 10:45 HEALTH BREAK
Item 6 cont’dConsideration of State Periodic Reports
10:45– 12:30 Report of the Republic of Kenya (Presentation & Questions) cont’d.
END OF DAY 8
DAY 9: FRIDAY, 29 APRIL 2022
Item 7 cont’dConsideration of State Periodic Reports
09:00 – 10:30Report of the Republic of Kenya (State Response & Concluding Remarks by the Commission)
10:30– 10:45 HEALTH BREAK
Item 5 cont’dPanels & Launches
10:45 – 12:30Joint Panel on the Death Penalty and the Prevention of Torture
END OF DAY 9
DAY 10: SATURDAY, 30 APRIL 2022
Item 3 cont’d: Human Rights Situation in Africa
09:00 – 09:30Human Rights Situation in Africa
Item 5 cont’d Panels & Launches
09:30 – 10:30Panel on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Africa
10:30– 10:45 HEALTH BREAK
Item 3 cont’d: Human Rights Situation in Africa
10:45 – 11:00Human Rights Situation in Africa
Item 5 cont’d Panels & Launches
11:00 – 12:00Panel Discussion on to Commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities and Minorities in Africa (WGIPM)
Item 3 cont’d: Human Rights Situation in Africa
12:00 – 12:30Human Rights Situation in Africa
END OF DAY 10
ADJOURNMENT OF PUBLIC SESSION, TO RESUME ON 13 MAY 2022
DAY 21: FRIDAY 13 MAY 2022 – CLOSING CEREMONY (OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
Item 8: Closing Ceremony
10:00 – 11:30 Reading of the Final Communiqué and Closing Ceremony
END OF THE 71st ORDINARY SESSION
****************
11:30 – 12:30 Press Conference of the Chairperson with the Media