Agenda of the 16th Ordinary Session of the ACHPR

African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights

AGENDA OF THE SIXTEENTH ORDINARY SESSION

25 October-3 November 1994 - Banjul, The Gambia

1. Opening Ceremony

2. Adoption of Agenda

3. Organization of Work

4. Observers

1. Consideration of application for observer status
2. Relationship with observers and statements of observers

5. Consideration of Periodic Reports Initial reports of

• Benin
• Cape Verde
• Mozambique

6. Promotional Activities

1. Activity Reports by Commissioners
2. Examination of extra-judicial executions
3. Establishment of an African Human Rights Court
4. Report on Regional Seminar on the drafting and preparation of periodic reports
5. Report on Seminar on the African Woman and the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
6. Dakar Preparatory Regional Conference on Women (November 1994) and 4th World Conference on Women (Beijing 1995).
7. Organization of forthcoming conferences and seminars
8. Publication of the Review and the Newsletter of the Commission
9. Follow up of decisions and recommendations adopted by the world conferences on Human Rights (Vienna and Montreal Conferences).

7. Protective Activities

8. Question of the Head Quarters of the Commission.

9. Administrative and Financial Matters

1. Report of the Chairman
2. Report of the Secretary
3. Implementation of the recommendations of the previous sessions
4. Draft Rules on Contracts and Consultants
5. Funding for the translation of periodic reports
6. Situation of the Documentation Centre

10. Methods of Work of the Commission

1. Consideration of amendments to the Rules of Procedure
2. Examination of Article 58 of the Charter
3. Question of interns within the Secretariat of the Commission.

11. OAU activities relevant to the Commission

12. Dates, place and Agenda of the 17th Session

13. Any Other Business

14. Preparation of:

1. Sessional Report
2. Final Communique

15. Adoption of the Report of the 16th Session

16. Final Communique and Closing Ceremony