Resolution on the extension of the deadline for the Study on Transitional Justice in Africa - ACHPR/Res.278(LV)2014

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission) meeting at its 55^th Ordinary Session, in Luanda, Angola, 28 April to 12 May 2014;

Recalling its mandate to promote human and peoples’ rights in Africa in accordance with the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights;

Recalling further Resolution ACHPR/Res.235(LIII)13: Resolution on Transitional Justice in Africa, adopted during the 53^rd Ordinary Session of the Commission, held in Banjul, The Gambia, from 9 to 23 April 2013, mandating Commissioner Pacifique Manirakiza to prepare a study on transitional justice in Africa;

Mindful of the need to consolidate and finalize the research undertaken as part of the study;

Considering that the one year deadline fixed for conducting the study will expire in May 2014;

Decides to:

1. Extend the deadline of the study by two years;
2. Request that the report of the study be submitted for consideration by the Commission in May 2016.

Adopted at the 55^th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Luanda, Angola, 28 April to 12 May 2014