<h2><a href="https://www.achpr.org/statertcon">State Reports And Concluding-Observations</a></h2>

<div>Pursuant to Article 62 of the African Charter, State Parties are required to submit every two years, a report on the legislative or other measures taken, with a view to giving effect to the rights and freedoms recognized and guaranteed by the Charter. Further, supplementary instruments to the African Charter, such as the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (the Maputo Protocol), require State Parties to indicate in their periodic reports submitted in accordance with Article 62 of the African Charter, the legislative and other measures undertaken for the full realisation of the rights recognized in the Protocol.&nbsp;</div>

<div>Institutions, organisations or any interested party wishing to contribute to the examination of a State Party report are also permitted to send their contributions, including shadow reports, to the Secretariat 60 days prior to the examination of the State Party report.&nbsp;</div>

<div>Once the Commission examines State Party reports and engages in dialogue with representatives from the State Parties during its ordinary session, it adopts concluding observations which recognize positive developments, areas of concern and finally make recommendations.</div>

<h2>State Reporting Procedures and Guidelines</h2>

<p>In addition to the reporting requirement under Article 62 of the African Charter as noted above, Article 26 of the Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women (Maputo Protocol) provides that “States Parties shall […] in their periodic reports submitted in accordance with Article 62 of the African Charter, indicate the legislative and other measures undertaken for the full realisation of the rights herein recognised.”</p>

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State Reports

<h2><a href="https://www.achpr.org/statertcon">State Reports And Concluding-Observations</a></h2>

<div>Pursuant to Article 62 of the African Charter, State Parties are required to submit every two years, a report on the legislative or other measures taken, with a view to giving effect to the rights and freedoms recognized and guaranteed by the Charter. Further, supplementary instruments to the African Charter, such as the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (the Maputo Protocol), require State Parties to indicate in their periodic reports submitted in accordance with Article 62 of the African Charter, the legislative and other measures undertaken for the full realisation of the rights recognized in the Protocol.&nbsp;</div>

<div>Institutions, organisations or any interested party wishing to contribute to the examination of a State Party report are also permitted to send their contributions, including shadow reports, to the Secretariat 60 days prior to the examination of the State Party report.&nbsp;</div>

<div>Once the Commission examines State Party reports and engages in dialogue with representatives from the State Parties during its ordinary session, it adopts concluding observations which recognize positive developments, areas of concern and finally make recommendations.</div>

<h2>State Reporting Procedures and Guidelines</h2>

<p>In addition to the reporting requirement under Article 62 of the African Charter as noted above, Article 26 of the Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women (Maputo Protocol) provides that “States Parties shall […] in their periodic reports submitted in accordance with Article 62 of the African Charter, indicate the legislative and other measures undertaken for the full realisation of the rights herein recognised.”</p>

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Concluding Observations and Recommendations - Benin: Periodic Report Combined 6th to 10th, 2009-2018

Concluding Observations and Recommendations - Namibia: 7th Periodic Report, 2015-2019

Combined report comprising the 15th, 16th and 17th Periodic Reports of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, 2018 - 2021

Concluding Observations and Recommendations - Niger: 15th Periodic Report, 2017 - 2019

Concluding Observations and Recommendations - Combined 9th and 10th Periodic Reports of the Republic of Mauritius, 2016-2019

Kingdom of Eswatini Combined 1st to 9th Periodic Report, 2001 - 2020

Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the 2nd and 3rd Combined Periodic Report of the Republic of Malawi, 2015-2019

Concluding Observations and Recommendations - Zimbabwe: 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th Combined Periodic Report, 2007-2019

Concluding Observations and Recommendations - Lesotho Combined 2nd To 8th Periodic Report, 2001-2017

Seychelles: 3rd Periodic Report, 2006-2019

Kenya: Combined report of the 12th and 13th Periodic Reports

Eswatini: Combined 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Periodic Report

Concluding Observations and Recommendations - Egypt: 9th to 17th Combined Periodic Report, 2001-2017

Concluding Observations and Recommendations - Gambia: 2nd Periodic Report, 1994-2018

Concluding Observations and Recommendations - Togo: Periodic Report 6th, 7th & 8th, 2011 - 2016

State Reports

Concluding Observations and Recommendations - Benin: Periodic Report Combined 6th to 10th, 2009-2018

Benin

Concluding Observations and Recommendations - Namibia: 7th Periodic Report, 2015-2019

Namibia

Combined report comprising the 15th, 16th and 17th Periodic Reports of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, 2018 - 2021

Mauritania

Concluding Observations and Recommendations - Niger: 15th Periodic Report, 2017 - 2019

Niger

Concluding Observations and Recommendations - Combined 9th and 10th Periodic Reports of the Republic of Mauritius, 2016-2019

Mauritius

Kingdom of Eswatini Combined 1st to 9th Periodic Report, 2001 - 2020

Eswatini

Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the 2nd and 3rd Combined Periodic Report of the Republic of Malawi, 2015-2019

Malawi

Concluding Observations and Recommendations - Zimbabwe: 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th Combined Periodic Report, 2007-2019

Zimbabwe

Concluding Observations and Recommendations - Lesotho Combined 2nd To 8th Periodic Report, 2001-2017

Lesotho

Seychelles: 3rd Periodic Report, 2006-2019

Seychelles

Kenya: Combined report of the 12th and 13th Periodic Reports

Kenya

Eswatini: Combined 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Periodic Report

Concluding Observations and Recommendations - Egypt: 9th to 17th Combined Periodic Report, 2001-2017

Egypt

Concluding Observations and Recommendations - Gambia: 2nd Periodic Report, 1994-2018

Gambia

Concluding Observations and Recommendations - Togo: Periodic Report 6th, 7th & 8th, 2011 - 2016

Togo

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