85th Ordinary Session [Public]

21–30 October 2025 |

Gambia

State Reports

Republic of Botswana: 4th and 5th Combined Periodic Report, 2018-2023

Arab Republic of Egypt: 18th and 19th Combined Periodic Report, 2019-2024

Republic of Tunisia: 10th to 18th Combined Periodic Report, 2006 - 2024

Adopted Resolutions

Resolution on the Further Extension of the Mandate of the Joint Fact-Finding Mission on the Human Rights Situation in the Republic of the Sudan - ACHPR/Res-642. (LXXXV)2025

Resolution on the renewal of the Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Internally Displaced Persons and Migrants in Africa - ACHPR/Res.649 (LXXXV) 2025

Resolution on Justice for Victims of Serious and Massive Human Rights Violations and International Crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo since 1997 - ACHPR/Res.643 (LXXXV) 2025

Resolution on the Reconstitution of the Committee on Resolutions - ACHPR/Res.650(LXXXV) 2025

Resolution on the Ceasefire in the Palestinian Occupied Territories - ACHPR/Res. 644 (LXXXV) 2025

Resolution on the Reconstitution of the Working Group on Communications - ACHPR/Res.651 (LXXXV) 2025

Resolution on the Obligations of African States in the Context of the Externalization of Migration Governance and the Extra-Regional Transfer of Migrants to Africa - ACHPR/Res.645 (LXXXV) 2025

RESOLUTION FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE STUDY ON MAPPING OF INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS AND COMMUNITIES IN AFRICA BY THE WORKING GROUP ON INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS/COMMUNITIES AND MINORITIES IN AFRICA - ACHPR/Res.646 (LXXXV) 2025

RESOLUTION FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE STUDY ON MAPPING OF ETHNIC, CULTURAL, LINGUISTIC, AND RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN AFRICA BY THE WORKING GROUP ON INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS/COMMUNITIES AND MINORITIES IN AFRICA - ACHPR/Res.647 (LXXXV) 2025

RESOLUTION ON STRENGTHENING ELECTORAL INTEGRITY IN AFRICA - ACHPR/Res.648 (LXXXV) 2025

Special Mecanisms Reports

Newsletter by the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa, October 2025

Committee for the Prevention of Torture in Africa (CPTA) Newsletter – 2025

Intersection Activity Reports

Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa (SRRWA) - 85OS

Working Group on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - 85OS

Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Internally Displaced Persons and Migrant in Africa - 85OS

Committee for the Prevention of Torture in Africa - 85OS

Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities and Minorities in Africa (WGIPM) - 85OS

Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and Focal Point on Reprisals in Africa - 85OS

Working Group on the Rights of Older Persons and People with Disabilities in Africa - 85OS

Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights - 85OS

Working Group on Communications (WGC) - 85OS

Working Group on Extractive Industries, Environment and Human Rights Violations - 85OS

Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa - 85OS

Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities and Minorities in Africa - 85OS

Special Rapporteur on Prisons, Conditions of Detention and Policing in Africa - 85OS

Working Group on the Death Penalty, Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions and Enforced Disappearances in Africa - 85OS

Committee on the Protection of The Rights of People Living With HIV And Those at Risk, Vulnerable to and Affected By HIV/AIDS in Africa - 85OS

Appointements

Type	Commissioner	Roles/Functions
New	Hon. Idrissa Sow	Chairperson
New	Hon. Hatem Essaiem	Vice-Chairperson

Special Mechanism Appointements

Type	Commissioner	Role/Functions	Special Mechanisms
New	Hon. Rémy Ngoy Lumbu	Committee Member	Committee on Resolutions
New	Hon. Commissioner Salma Sassi	Committee Vice-chairperson	Committee on Resolutions
New	Hon. Janet Ramatoulie Sallah-Njie	Committee Member	Committee on Resolutions
New	Hon. Rémy Ngoy Lumbu	Committee Member	Committee on Resolutions