INTRODUCTION
1. This report is prepared in accordance with Rules 23(3) and 72 of the Rules of Procedure of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission).
2. I present this report in my capacities as a member of the Commission; as Country Rapporteur, as the Chairperson of the Working Group on Economic Social and Cultural Rights in Africa, as the Chairperson of the Committee on Resolutions, as a member of the Working Group on Extractive Industries, the Environment and Human Rights Violations and as a member of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities in Africa.
3. The Report covers activities carried out during the intersession period between November 2018 and April 2019 and is structured in four parts as follows:
- Part I – Activities undertaken in my capacity as a Member of the Commission;
- Part II – Activities undertaken in my capacity as Country Rapporteur;
- Part III – Activities undertaken in my capacity as Chairperson of the Working Group on Economic Social and Cultural Rights in Africa;
- Part IV – Activities undertaken in my capacity as a member of the Working Group on Extractive Industries, the Environment and Human Rights Violations.
- Part V – Annexures