1 February 2023, Banjul, The Gambia - The Secretariat of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Secretariat) wishes to inform the general public that the the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa, in collaboration with the Commissioner rapporteur for Lusophone States Parties of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission), and the Commissioner have organized a Regional Seminar on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information for Lusophone Africa, which is held in Johannesburg, South Africa from 1-3 February 2023.
The Regional Seminar, which is part of the promotion mandate of the Commission, is situated in the framework of Article 45 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Charter), and funded by the European Union (EU) under the EU/AGA Support Project 2021-2023.
The overall objective of the Regional Seminar is to raise awareness in Lusophone Africa on the rights to Freedom of Expression and Access to Information, enshrined in Article 9 of the African Charter, in addition to the Declaration on Principles of Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa which was adopted by the Commission in November 2019.
The Seminar is an opportunity to build knowledge on the importance of the rights to Freedom of Expression and Access to Information, as elaborated in the Declaration, in addition to disseminating the Declaration and other soft law documents developed by the Commission in relation to Article 9: that is the Model Law on Access to Information in Africa and the Guidelines on Access to Information in Africa.
The Seminar is attended by participants including representatives from the States Parties, journalists and media associations, NHRIs, NGOs, Members of the Commission and the Commission’s Secretariat.
For further information, please contact:
The Secretariat, African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
31 Bijilo Annex Lay-out, Kombo North District Western Region.
PO Box 673
Banjul, The Gambia
Tel: 220 4410505/6
Email:au-banjul@africa-union.org
