AFRICAN UNION UNION AFRICAINE UNIÃO AFRICANA African Commission on Human & Peoples’ Rights Commission Africaine des Droits de l’Homme & des Peuples No. 31 Bijilo Annex Lay-out, Kombo North District, Western Region, P. O. Box 673, Banjul, The Gambia Tel: (220) 441 05 05 /441 05 06, Fax: (220) 441 05 04 E-mail: au-banjul@africa-union.org; Web www.achpr.org 18th Extra-Ordinary Session 29 July to 7 August 2015, Nairobi, Kenya Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Combined periodic report of the Republic of Senegal on implementation of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (2004 – 2013) I. Introduction 1. The Republic of Senegal is a State Party to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Charter) having ratified it on 13 June 1982. 2. The Republic of Senegal presented its combined (8th, 9th, 10th and 11th) periodic report, in accordance with Article 62 of the African Charter, at the 56th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission) held from 21 April to 7 May 2015 in Banjul (The Gambia). 3. . The Report was presented by a Delegation of the Republic of Senegal (the Delegation), led by His Excellency Professor Cheikh Tidiane THIAM, Ambassador to the Cabinet of the Senegalese Minister for Foreign Affairs, Head of Delegation - - Professor Saliou NDIAYE, Ambassador of Senegal in the Gambia Mr Mouhamadou Moustapha SEYE, Director of Human Rights at the Senegalese Ministry of Justice Mr Ndongo DIENG, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr El Hadj Magatte NDAW, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mrs Dieynaba TOURE BATHILY, First Counselor at the Embassy of Senegal in The Gambia Mr Mouhamadou Moustapha THIOUNE, Director of Public Freedoms, Senegalese Ministry of Interior Mr Ibrahima DEME, Director of the Promotion of Good Governance at the Senegalese Ministry of African Integration, NEPAD and the Promotion of Good Governance Mrs Astou SYLLA, Senegalese Ministry of Women, Family and Childhood 1

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