AFRICAN UNION
UNION AFRICAINE
UNIÃO AFRICANA
African Commission on Human &
Peoples’ Rights
Commission Africaine des Droits de
l’Homme & des Peuples
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15th Extraordinary Session
7 - 12 March 2014, Banjul, The Gambia
Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Initial and Combined
Report of the Gabonese Republic on the Implementation of the African Charter on
Human and Peoples’ Rights (1986 – 2012)
I. Introduction
1. The Gabonese Republic is a State Party to the African Charter on Human and
Peoples’ Rights (the African Charter), which it ratified on 20 February 1986.
2.
This Report which covers the period 1986 to 2012 is a combination of the Initial
Report and the Periodic Reports outstanding since its ratification of the African
Charter. This Combined Report was examined by the African Commission on
Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission) at its 54th Ordinary Session held from
22 October to 5 November 2013 in Banjul, The Gambia.
3. It was presented by the Delegation of the Gabonese Republic (the Delegation) which
comprised the following officials of the Ministry of Justice, Keeper of the Seals,
Human Rights and Relations with Constitutional Institutions:
Mr Eric Dodo Bounguendza, Director General of Human Rights;
Mr Matthieu Ekwa Ngui, Deputy Director General of Human Rights;
Mrs Edna Paola Biyogou, Director of Human Rights Promotion.
4.
The report highlights developments which took place in the promotion and
protection of human rights, and the legislative, administrative and judicial measures
put in place to implement the provisions of the African Charter.
5. The present Concluding Observations underscore the positive aspects, the factors
restricting the enjoyment of human rights and the challenges identified in the report.
In conclusion, the Commission formulates recommendations to the Gabonese
Republic regarding the measures required to strengthen the enjoyment of human
rights guaranteed by the African Charter and other relevant regional and
international human rights instruments.
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