TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................. 14
PART ONE ........................................................................................................................................ 15
OVERALL LEGAL FRAMEWORK ON HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION . .............................. 15
PART TWO ...................................................................................................................................... 17
NATIONAL MEASURES ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHARTER . ........................ 17
Articles 2 and 3 : The right to the enjoyment of rights and freedoms recognised and guaranteed by
the Charter without distinction of any kind and equality before the law .......................................... 17
Article 4 : The protection of the right to life ..................................................................................... 17
The Death Penalty .............................................................................................................................. 17
Articles 6 : The right to liberty and to the security of the person, prohibition from arrests or arbitrary
detentions .......................................................................................................................................... 20
a) The right to liberty and to the security of the person ............................................................. 20
30. See information in §12 and 13. ............................................................................................... 20
b) Prohibition of Arbitrary Arrests : ............................................................................................... 25
Article 7 : The right to have one’s cause heard, presumption of innocence, the right to defence and
to be tried within a reasonable time, the principle of the legality of offences and penalties ............ 26
a)
The right to justice ..................................................................................................................... 26
b) The right of presumption of innocence ...................................................................................... 26
b) The right to defence ................................................................................................................... 28
d) The right of of an individual to be tried within a reasonable time ............................................... 28
e) The principle of the legality of offences and penalties . ................................................................ 30
Article 8 : The freedom of conscience, the profession and free practice of religion. ........................ 30
Article 9 : The right to information, to expression and dissemination of one’s opinions .................. 31
Articles 10 and11 : The freedom of association, assembly and demonstration ................................. 34
Article 12 : The freedom of movement, the status of a refugee, asylum seeker and the status of a
foreigner ............................................................................................................................................ 35
a)
Freedom of movement ............................................................................................................... 35
b) Refugees and asylum seekers ....................................................................................................... 35
c) The status of a foreigner electing domicile in Togo. ..................................................................... 38
Article 13 : The right to participate in the government of one’s country and to have access to public
service of the country ........................................................................................................................ 38
a)
The right to participate in the government of one’s country ..................................................... 38
b) The right to suffrage .................................................................................................................. 38
c)
The right to vote ........................................................................................................................ 39
c)
The conditions for eligibility ..................................................................................................... 39
d) The 2015 Presidential Polls ....................................................................................................... 39
e) The 2015 Election Campaigns .................................................................................................... 40
e)
The Legislative Elections of July 2013 ..................................................................................... 41
2