DECISION ON THE THIRTY-SIXTH ACTIVITY REPORT OF THE AFRICAN
COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS
Doc.EX.CL/856(XXV)
The Executive Council,
1. TAKES NOTE of the Thirty-Sixth Activity Report of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the ACHPR) and AUTHORISES its publication;
2. EXPRESSES its appreciation for the efforts deployed by the ACHPR during the reporting period to promote and protect human rights on the continent;
3. TAKES NOTE of the human rights situation on the continent as outlined in the Activity Report, CONGRATULATES Member States that have taken positive measures to improve the human rights situation in their respective countries; and EXHORTS all Member States to take concerted action to address the continuing human rights concerns on the continent;
4. CALLS UPON Member States to implement the decisions and recommendations of the ACHPR, respond to the ACHPR’s Urgent Appeals and comply with Orders for Provisional Measures issued by the ACHPR;
5. REQUESTS Parties to Communications to provide the ACHPR with information regarding implementation of decisions and recommendations of the ACHPR;
6. ENCOURAGES States Parties to give the ACHPR standing invitations to undertake promotional missions in their respective countries, and URGES those to whom requests have been made to authorize the proposed missions;
7. COMMENDS Members States that are up to date with their reporting obligations under Article 62 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Charter), and ENCOURAGES all those that have overdue Reports to submit them as soon as possible;
8. EXPRESSES appreciation to States Parties that have hosted Sessions of the Commission; TAKES NOTE of the offer made by Niger, Mauritania and Burkina Faso to host the 56th, 57th and 58th Ordinary Sessions of the ACHPR respectively, and EXHORTS other Member States, especially those that have never done so, to consider hosting Sessions of the ACHPR;
9. APPRECIATES the efforts deployed by the AUC regarding the recruitment of Legal Officers for the Secretariat of the Commission and REQUESTS the AUC to expedite recruitment for the remaining positions;
10. DECIDES to increase the budgetary allocation of the ACHPR to prevent the dependency of such a sensitive and important AU Organ on partner funds for the performance of its functions.