The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights meeting at its 38th Ordinary Session held in Banjul, The Gambia from 21 November to 5 December 2005:
Recalling its Resolution Ref. ACHPR/Res.65 (XXXIV) 03 on the adoption of the Report of the African Commission’s Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities adopted at its 34th Ordinary Session held in Banjul, The Gambia from 6 to 20 November 2003;
Recalling that the African Commission established a Working Group composed of six members, amongst them, two Members of the African Commission;
Noting that the African Commission entrusted the Working Group with a mandate for an initial period of two years;
Considering that the initial term of two years of the Working Group comes to an end during the 38th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights;
Commending the continuous assistance of the International Working Group on Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) to the activities of the Working Group;
Appreciating the work undertaken by the Working Group during the past two years in the discharge of its mandate;
Recognising further the importance of the work of the Working Group in the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous populations/communities in Africa and the necessity to allow the Working Group to continue to carry out its mandate;
Decides to:
- Extend the mandate of the Working Group for a period of two years with effect from 5 December 2005;
- Designate Commissioner Kamel Rezag Bara as Chairperson of the Working Group; and
- Appoint Commissioner Musa N Bitaye as Member of the Working Group.
Done in Banjul, The Gambia, 5th December 2005.
