African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights

63rd Ordinary Session

October 24 to November 13 , 2018

Gambia

Final Communiqué of the 63rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Invitation for NHRIs

Preliminary Registration Form

Invitation for NGOs

Invitation for State Parties

Draft Public Session Agenda

Information for Participants

Opening Ceremony Programme

Statements

Opening Statement by the Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Hon. Soyata Maiga

Statement of Vice Chairperson of African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights during closing ceremony of 63rd Ordinary Session of African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

State Reports & Concluding Observations

The Republic of Botswana: 2nd & 3rd Periodic Report, 2011-2015

Submitted:November 13 , 2018

Concluding Observations:none

Mission Reports

Angola: Promotion Mission, 2016

Special Mechanism: Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information

Commissioner: Adv. Faith Pansy Tlakula (Ms) Soyata Maiga (Mrs)

Adopted Resolutions

Resolution on the Human Rights Situation in the Republic of Burundi - ACHPR/Res. 412 (LXIII) 2018 #412

Resolution on the interpretive and protective mandates of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights - ACHPR/Res. 402 (LXIII) 2018 #402

Resolution on the Need for a Study on the Situation of Africa’s Sacred Natural Sites and Territories - ACHPR/Res. 403 (LXIII) 2018 #403

Resolution on the Electoral Process in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - ACHPR/Res. 411 (LXIII) 2018 #411

Resolution on the Need to Conduct a Study on Violations of the Human Rights of Migrants - ACHPR/Res. 404 (LXIII) 2018 #404

Resolution on the Continuing Human Rights Violations in the Republic of Cameroon - ACHPR/Res. 405 (LXIII) 2018 #405

Resolution on the Establishment of a Group to Support the Mandate of the SRHRD and Focal Point on Reprisals in Africa for the Promotion and Monitoring of the Effective Implementation of the Guidelines on Freedom of Association and Assembly in Africa #406

Resolution on the Drafting of a General Comment on Article 12 (1) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights - ACHPR/Res. 407 (LXIII) 2018 #407

Resolution on the Expansion of the Mandate and Composition of the Working Group on Death Penalty and Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Killings in Africa - ACHPR/Res. 408 (LXIII) 2018 #408

Resolution on the Human Rights Situation in the Federal Republic of Somalia - ACHPR/Res. 410 (LXIII) 2018 #410

Resolution on the Need to Adopt Legal Measures for the Protection of Women Human Rights Defenders in Africa - ACHPR/Res. 409 (LXIII) 2018 #409

Decisions on Communications

658/17 Shereen Said Hamd Bakhet v. Arab Republic of Egypt - 658/17

Outcome: Strike Out

NGO Statments

NGOs Granted Observer Status

HAKI (Humanity, Action, Knowledge, Integrity) Africa

Date:November 13 , 2018

Intersession Activity Reports

Commissioners' Reports

Hatem Essaiem

Jamesina Essie L. King (Mrs)

Lawrence Murugu Mute

Maria Teresa Manuela

Maya Sahli Fadel (Ms)

Prof. Rémy Ngoy Lumbu

Dr. Solomon Ayele Dersso

Soyata Maiga (Mrs)

Yeung Kam John Yeung Sik Yuen

Zainabo Sylvie Kayitesi (Mrs)

Special Mechanisms Reports

Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information

Special Rapporteur on Prisons, Conditions of Detention and Policing in Africa

Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and Focal Point on Reprisals in Africa

Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons

Committee for the Prevention of Torture in Africa

Working Group on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Working Group on Death Penalty, Extra-Judicial, Summary or Arbitrary Killings and Enforced Disappearances in Africa

Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities in Africa

Working Group on Rights of Older Persons and People with Disabilities

Working Group on Extractive Industries, Environment and Human Rights Violations

Committee on the Protection of the Rights of People Living With HIV (PLHIV) and Those at Risk, Vulnerable to and Affected by HIV

New Commissioners

NHRI Affiliate Status

South Sudan Human Rights Commission

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