FINAL
AFRICAN UNION
UNION AFRICAINE
UNIÃO AFRICANA
Commission Africaine des Droits de l’Homme & des
Peuples
African Commission on Human & Peoples’
Rights
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
Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties under Article 62 of the
African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Second and Combined
Periodic Report of the Republic of Mozambique on the Implementation of the African
Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (1999 – 2010)
I.
INTRODUCTION
1.
The Republic of Mozambique (Mozambique) is a State Party to the African Charter
on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Charter), having ratified the same on 22
February 1989.
2.
Mozambique ratified the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’
Rights relating to the Rights of Women in Africa (the Maputo Protocol), on 09
December 2005.
3.
Mozambique submitted its Initial Report to the African Commission on Human and
Peoples’ Rights (the Commission) at the 16th Ordinary Session, which was held in
Banjul, the Gambia, from 25 October to 3 November 1994.
4.
The present Report, which covers the period from 1999 and 2010, was considered by
the Commission during its 55th Ordinary Session, which was held in Luanda, Angola,
from 28 April to 12 May 2014.
5.
The Report was presented to the Commission by the Delegation from Mozambique,
led by Her Excellency Maria Benvinda Levi, Minister for Justice of the Republic of
Mozambique.
6.
The Report highlights developments which have taken place in the country in the
area of the promotion and protection of human and peoples’ rights, in addition to the
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