Draft Agenda
Public Session
54th ORDINARY SESSION OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS
(22nd October to 5th November 2013)
Day 1: Tuesday 22nd October 2013
09:00 – 12:00 Item 1: Opening Ceremony
12:00 – 13:30 Item 2: Election of the Bureau (Private Session)
Item 3: Adoption of the Agenda (Private Session)
Item 4: Organization of Work (Private Session)
13:30 – 15:00 LUNCH BREAK
15:00 – 16:30 Item 5: Human Rights Situation in Africa
a) Statements by State Delegates (7 mins)
b) Statement by African Union Organs with a Human Rights Mandate (5 mins)
c) Statements by Intergovernmental and International Organizations (5 mins)
d) Statements by National Human Rights Institutions (5 mins)
e) Statements by NGOs (5 mins)
Requests for the floor
16:30 - 16:45 TEA/COFFEE BREAK
16:45 – 17:30 Item 5: Human Rights Situation in Africa continued
End of Day 1
Day 2: Wednesday 23rd October 2013
09:00 – 11:00 Item 5: Human Rights Situation in Africa continued
11:00 – 11:15 TEA/COFFEE BREAK
11:15 – 13:30 Item 5: Human Rights Situation in Africa continued
13:30 – 15:00 LUNCH BREAK
15:00 – 16:30 Item 5: Human Rights Situation in Africa continued
16:30 - 16:45 TEA/COFFEE BREAK
16:45 – 17:30 Item 5: Human Rights Situation in Africa continued
End of Day 2
Day 3: Thursday 24th October 2013
09:00 – 11:00 Item 5: Human Rights Situation in Africa continued
11:00 – 11:15 TEA/COFFEE BREAK
11:15 – 13:30 Item 5: Human Rights Situation in Africa continued
13:30 – 15:00 LUNCH BREAK
15:00 – 16:00 Item 6: Relationship and Cooperation with National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
a) Relationship and cooperation between the ACHPR and NHRIs
i. Consideration of Applications for Affiliate Status from NHRIs
b) Relationship and cooperation between the ACHPR and NGOs:
i. Consideration of Applications for Observer Status from NGOs
16:00 – 16:30 Item 7: Report on Communications and Implementation of Decisions (Abiola)
16:30 - 16:45 TEA/COFFEE BREAK
16:45 – 17:00 Item 8: Status of Submission of State Party Reports
17:00 – 17:30 Item 9: Consideration of State Periodic Reports
(i) Report of the Republic of Cameroon
- State Presentation (45 mins)
- Commissioner Rapporteur (20 mins)
- Each Commissioner (10 mins)
- State Response (30 mins)
- Concluding remarks of Commissioner Rapporteur and Chairperson
End of Day 3
Day 4: Friday 25th October 2013
09:00 – 11:00 Item 9: Consideration of State Periodic Reports continued
Report of the Republic of Cameroon continued
11:00 – 11:15 TEA/COFFEE BREAK
11:15 – 12:15 Item 9: Consideration of State Periodic Reports continued
Report of the Republic of Cameroon continued
12:15 – 13:30 Item 9: Consideration of State Periodic Reports continued
(ii) Report of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
End of Day 4
Day 5: Saturday 26th October 2013
09:00 – 10:00 Item 9: Consideration of State Periodic Reports continued
Report of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic continued
10:00 - 11:00 Item 9: Consideration of State Periodic Reports continued
(iii) Report of the Republic of Gabon
11:00 – 11:15 TEA/COFFEE BREAK
11:15 – 13:30 Item 9: Consideration of State Periodic Reports continued
Report of the Republic of Gabon continued
13:30 – 15:00 LUNCH BREAK
15:00 – 16:30 Item 10: Activity Reports of Members of the Commission & Special Mechanisms (Presentations - 20 mins, Interventions – States 5 mins, NGOs & NHRIs 3 mins)
(i) Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa
(ii) Chairperson of the Working Group on the Rights of Older Persons and People with Disabilities in Africa
16:30 - 16:45 TEA/COFFEE BREAK
16:45 – 17:30 Item 10: Activity Reports of Members of the Commission &
Special Mechanisms continued
(iii) Chairperson of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of People Living with HIV and those at Risk, Vulnerable to and Affected by HIV
End of Day 5
Day 6: Sunday 27th October 2013
14:00 – 16:00 Item 10: Activity Reports of Members of the Commission & Special Mechanisms continued
(iv) Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa
(v) Chairperson of the Working Group on Extractive Industries, Environment and Human Rights Violations in Africa
16:00 – 16:15 TEA/COFFEE BREAK
16:15 - 17:30 Item 9: Activity Reports of Members of the Commission & Special Mechanisms continued
(vi) Chairperson of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities in Africa
End of Day 6
Day 7: Monday 28th October 2013
09:00 – 11:00 Item 10: Activity Reports of Members of the Commission & Special Mechanisms continued
(vii) Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa
(viii) Chairperson of the Working Group on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Africa
11:00 – 11:15 TEA/COFFEE BREAK
11.15 – 13:30 Item 10: Activity Reports of Members of the Commission & Special Mechanisms continued
(ix) Chairperson of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture in Africa
(x) Special Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention in Africa
13:30 – 15:00 LUNCH BREAK
15:00 – 16:30 Item 10: Activity Reports of Members of the Commission & Special Mechanisms continued
(xi) Chairperson of the Working Group on Death Penalty
(xii) Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Internally Displaced Persons and Migrants in Africa
16:30 - 16:45 TEA/COFFEE BREAK
16:45 – 17:30 Item 10: Activity Reports of Members of the Commission & Special Mechanisms continued
Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Internally Displaced Persons and Migrants in Africa continued
End of Day 7
Adjournment of Public Session, to resume again on 5 November 2013
Day 15: Tuesday 5th November 2013
Closing Ceremony
09:00 – 12:00 Item 17: Reading of the Final Communiqué and Closing Ceremony
12:00 – 13:00 Item 18: Press Conference
END OF SESSION
