Extractive Industries and Environment
65. Kenya should:
i.
ii.
implement measures to transform artisanal gold miners into
formalized operators by adopting Artisanal Mining policies to
regulate artisanal mining, thereby promoting miners in that sector
to make reasonable contribution to sustainable development,
economic growth and poverty alleviation in the country; and
put in place a legal framework regarding its natural resources with
clear penalties for illegal practices so as to eradicate illegal mining
activities in the country.
Terrorism
66. In light of Kenya’s history of violence, an Organized Crimes Division should be
established in the High Court, to provide a forum where perpetrators can be
prosecuted and victims seek redress, including in relation to the post-election
violence of 2007 and 2008.
Cooperation with the Commission
67. Kenya Government should:
i.
ii.
iii.
invite the Commission and its Special Mechanisms to undertake a
promotional mission to the country;
provide, in its next periodic report, up-to-date statistics and data on all
relevant sectors as well as on activities of institutions with a human rights
mandate; and
inform the Commission, in its next periodic report, of the measures taken
to address the above issues of concern and to ensure the effective
implementation of the recommendations contained in the present
Concluding Observations.
Adopted by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights at its 19th
Extra-Ordinary Session held from 16 to 25 February 2016 in Banjul, The Gambia
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