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African Commission on Human &
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Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Combined Second Periodic
Report under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and the Initial
Report under the Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women in Africa of
the Republic of South Africa
Introduction
I.
1. The Republic of South Africa (South Africa) is a State Party to the African Charter on
Human and Peoples' Rights (the African Charter), having ratified it on 9 July 1996.
2. Pursuant to Article 62 of the African Charter, South Africa submitted and presented
its initial Report1 in 1999 during the 25th Ordinary Session of the African
Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (the Commission) from 25 April to 5
May 1999, in Bujumbura, Burundi and presented its 1st Periodic Report2 to the
Commission in 2005, during the 38th Ordinary Session of the Commission, from 21
November to 5 December 2005 in Banjul, Islamic Republic of The Gambia.
3. The present Report (the Report), which covers the period from 2002 to 2013,
combines its second (2nd), third (3rd), fourth (4th), fifth (5th) and sixth (6th) Periodic
Reports under the African Charter and also covers the period from 2005 to 2014
under the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the
Rights of Women in Africa (the Maputo Protocol). The Report was considered by the
Commission during its 58th Ordinary Session, held from 6 to 20 April 2016, in Banjul,
Islamic Republic of The Gambia.
4. The Report was presented to the Commission by the delegation from South Africa
(the delegation), led by Honourable John Jeffery, Deputy Minister of Justice and
Constitutional Development and accompanied by the following officials:
i.
Ambassador Hon. N. Ntshinga - Permanent Representative to the AU and
the Ambassador of South Africa Mission in Addis Ababa;
1Covering the period 1996 -1998
2Covering the period 1999 -2001
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