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Press Statement on the abduction of over 300 students at Kankara in Katsina State, Federal Republic of Nigeria

16 December 2020, Banjul, the Republic of The Gambia
 
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Commission), through its Country Rapporteur for the Federal Republic of Nigeria ...

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Press release on the forced evictions of Burundian refugees by Tanzanian authorities

The Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Internally Displaced Persons and Migrants in Africa (the Special Rapporteur) of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, Honorable ...

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Leading human rights experts call for overdue implementation of the UN Bangkok Rules a decade after they were adopted

GENEVA/ BANJUL/ STRASBOURG/ WASHINGTON DC (10 DECEMBER 2020) – Ten years after the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-Custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok ...

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JOINT DECLARATION ON THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY AND DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Assembly and Association[1], the InterAmerican Commission for Human Rights[2] (IACHR) and its Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression[3] ...

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“States must duly respond to public demands and guarantee freedom of peaceful assembly,” say UN and regional Experts in a joint declaration

On the occasion of Human Rights Day, UN and regional experts[1] issue a call to governments around the world to refrain from using violence as means to address public claims. As we enter 2021, experts ...

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Closing Statement of the Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Honourable Commissioner Solomon Ayele Dersso, delivered at the Closing Ceremony

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
 
All protocols observed, allow me to stand on existing protocols.
 
First I bring to you my greetings and wish you a very good morning or good afternoon from ...

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