AFRICAN UNION
UNION AFRICAINE
UNIÃO AFRICANA
African Commission on Human & Peoples’
Rights
Commission Africaine des Droits de l’Homme & des
Peuples
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Forty-Third Ordinary Session
7 – 22 May 2008, in Ezulwini, Kingdom of Swaziland
Consideration of Reports submitted by States Parties under the Terms of
Article 62 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Consolidated 2nd to
10th Periodic Report of the United Republic of Tanzania
I - Introduction
1. The United Republic of Tanzania (Tanzania) is a State Party to the African
Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Charter) having
ratified the same on 18 February 1984.
2. The 2nd to 10th Consolidated Periodic Report of the United Republic of
Tanzania was received at the Secretariat of the African Commission on
Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Secretariat) in 2008 and was considered
at the 43rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and
Peoples’ Rights (the African Commission) which took place in Ezulwini,
Kingdom of Swaziland, from 7 to 22 May 2008.
3. The Report was presented before the African Commission by Honourable
Matt Chikawe, Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs of the
United Republic of Tanzania.
4. The present Concluding Observations give an account of the positive
aspects, factors restricting the enjoyment of rights guaranteed under the
African Charter and areas of concern identified in the Report. The