44 ´ Article 17 stipulates: « any individual, victim of the violation of Articles 1 to 15 of this Title has a right to compensation. ´ Title XII relative to the National Mediation Council, in its Article 104, parag. 2 defines the role of Ombudsman of the Republic which consists in improving relations between citizens, for the protection and promotion of their rights. That is to say considerable constitutional guarantees have been created for the respect of individual rights as enshrined in the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights. ´ Different Codes (the Penal Code, the Criminal Procedure Code, the Family Code and the Labour Code), as well as other Laws, guarantee respect for individual rights in the CAR. 2 / The Institutional Framework Several institutions responsible for the protection and promotion of Human Rights have been created to guarantee the respect for individual rights. The efforts being deployed by the CAR towards this are evidenced by the existence of the following institutions: - The High Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance; The Ministry of Justice; The National Mediation Council; The Ministry of Comunication, of National Reconciliation, of Democratic Culture and the Promotion of Human Rights. It is to be noted that arrangements are being made to reactivate the National Human Rights Commission whose activities had been frozen since 1996. 3/ THE NGOs The principal Human Rights NGOs operate legally in the CAR: ACAT-RCA (Christian Action for the Abolition of Torture; MDDH (Movement for the Defense of Human Rights); AFJC (Central African Women Jurists’ Association); LCDH (Central African Human Rights League); OCDH (Central African Human Rights Observatory); CEJP (Episcopalian Justice and Peace Commission); ACLV (Central African Association for the Control of Violence). All these NGOs defend the individual rights of citizens and at every instance denounce any known case of Human Rights violation, thereby drawing the attention of the Government. The High Commission on Human Rights and Good Governance, although it is a Governmental institution, maintains positive partnership relations with the NGOs by associating them in several human rights defense and promotion activities in the country. This collaboration is confirmed by the drafting of this report in which the NGOs in the Drafting Committee created for this purpose, participated massively.