A third 3-day validation workshop held in Niamey from 15 to 17 October 2019 which, in addition to the members of the Interministerial Committee, brought together representatives of the other State bodies involved in the implementation of the provisions of the Charter, representatives of the National Human Rights Commission, Technical and Financial Partners (DIHR , UNDP and OHCHR) and Civil Society bodies actively involved in promoting and protecting human rights; 4. Consideration of the draft report adopted at the validation workshop by the Government during a cabinet meeting chaired by the Prime Minister, and 5. Consideration and adoption of the draft report considered by the previous cabinet meeting during a cabinet meeting chaired by the President of the Republic. 3.    7. This report is structured into three parts: The first part deals with general information on the trends of the legal and institutional framework for the protection of human rights since the last report; The second part presents the status of progress made from 2017 to 2019 in the implementation of the Charter; it covers civil and political rights, economic, social and cultural rights, specific rights, the extractive industries and human rights vis-à-vis the environment, the rights of peoples and their duties stipulated in the Charter, and The third part provides responses to the concluding observations and recommendations the Commission made to Niger after the presentation of its last report. PART ONE : GENERAL INFORMATION INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK ON THE LEGAL AND A. NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK 8. Since it submitted its last report covering the period 2014-2016, Niger has taken several legislative and regulatory measures and ratified several international conventions relating to the promotion and protection of human rights. The main enactments passed from 2017 to 2019 at both the local and international levels can be listed as follows: i. NATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK 9. In the quest to provide its people with better living conditions in an environment which is conducive to the respect for human rights, the State passed several laws and decrees between 2017 and 2019. 1.1 Legislative Measures  Law No. 2017-005 of 31 March 2017 on the institution of Community Work;  Law No. 2017-006 of 31 March 2017 setting forth the basic principles for the organization of civil protection;  Law No. 2017-007 of 31 March 2017 amending and supplementing Laws No. 61-33 of 14 August 1961 on the institution of the criminal procedure code, No. 61-27 of 22 July 1961 on the institution of the criminal code and No. 2015-08 of 10 April 2015 establishing the organization, jurisdiction, procedure to be followed and the running of commercial courts;  Law No. 2017-08 of 31 March 2017 establishing the basic principles of the prison system in Niger;  Law No. 2017-009 of 31 March 2017 on the autonomous status of the senior staff of the prison administration; 8