38th Ordinary Session

21 November – 5 December 2005 |

Gambia

State Reports

South Africa: 1st Periodic Report, 1999-2001

Adopted Resolutions

Resolution on the Composition and the Operationalisation of the Working Group on the Death Penalty - ACHPR/Res.79(XXXVIII)05

Resolution on the Human Rights Situation in Eritrea - ACHPR/Res.91(XXXVIII)05

Resolution on the Renewal of the Mandate and Composition of the Working Group on Specific Issues Relating to the Work of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights - ACHPR/Res.80(XXXVIII)05

Resolution on the Situation of Human Rights in the Darfur Region of Sudan - ACHPR/Res.93(XXXVIII)05

Resolution on Ending Impunity in Africa and on the Domestication and Implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court - ACHPR/Res.87(XXXVIII)05

Resolution on the Composition and Renewal of the Mandate of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities in Africa - ACHPR/Res.81(XXXVIII)05

Resolution on the Human Rights Situation in Uganda - ACHPR/Res.94(XXXVIII)05

Resolution on the Protection of Human Rights and the Rule of Law in the Fight against Terrorism - ACHPR/Res.88(XXXVIII)05

Resolution on the Appointment of a Special Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention in Africa - ACHPR/Res.Res.82(XXXVIII)05

Resolution on the Situation of Human Rights in Zimbabwe - ACHPR/Res.89(XXXVIII)05

Resolution on the Appointment of a Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa - ACHPR/Res.83(XXXVIII)05

Resolution on the Situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo - ACHPR/Res.90(XXXVIII)05

Resolution on the Appointment of a Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression in Africa - ACHPR/Res.84(XXXXVIII)05

Resolution on the Renewal of the Term of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa - ACHPR/Res.78(XXXVIII)05

Resolution on the Status of Women in Africa and the Entry into Force of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa - ACHPR/Res.85(XXXVIII)05

Resolution on the Situation of Human Rights in Ethiopia - ACHPR/Res.92(XXXVIII)05

Resolution Relating to the Operationalisation of an Independent and Effective African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights - ACHPR/Res.86(XXXVIII)05

Appointements

Type	Commissioner	Roles/Functions
New	Hon. Faith Pansy Tlakula	Commissioner
New	Hon. Reine Alapini-Gansou	Commissioner
New	Hon. Musa Ngary Bitaye	Commissioner

Special Mechanism Appointements

Type	Commissioner	Role/Functions	Special Mechanisms
Renewal	Hon. Andrew Ranganayi Chigovera	Working Group Member	Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities and Minorities in Africa
New	Hon. Bahame Tom Mukirya Nyanduga	Working Group Member	Working Group on Death Penalty, Extra-Judicial, Summary or Arbitrary Killings and Enforced Disappearances in Africa
New	Hon. Faith Pansy Tlakula	Working Group Member	Working Group on Specific Issues Related to the work of the African Commission
New	Hon. Faith Pansy Tlakula	Special Rapporteur	Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information
New	Hon. Kamel Rezag-Bara	Working Group Chairperson	Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities and Minorities in Africa
New	Hon. Reine Alapini-Gansou	Special Rapporteur	Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and Focal Point on Reprisals in Africa
New	Hon. Mumba Malila	Special Rapporteur	Special Rapporteur on Prisons, Conditions of Detention and Policing in Africa
New	Hon. Musa Ngary Bitaye	Working Group Member	Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities and Minorities in Africa
New	Hon. Yaser Sid Ahmed El-Hassan	Working Group Chairperson	Working Group on Death Penalty, Extra-Judicial, Summary or Arbitrary Killings and Enforced Disappearances in Africa
New	Hon. Vera Mlanguzwa Chirwa	Special Rapporteur	Special Rapporteur on Prisons, Conditions of Detention and Policing in Africa