The African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally
Displaced Persons in Africa;
The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance;
The Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
39. Failure by Gabon to make the declaration under Article 34 (6) of the Protocol to the
African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of an African
Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights allowing individuals and non-governmental
organizations to seize the African Court directly;
40. The lack of specific legal provisions criminalizing torture in the Gabonese Penal
Code;
41. The lack of material and financial resources for the effective functioning of the
National Human Rights Commission and its non-compliance with the Paris
Principles;
42. The delays in the enactment of new laws, in particular the draft law on the
suppression of sexual assault and the draft law establishing a justice system for the
protection of minors;
43. The slow administration of justice and non-respect for the legal deadlines for police
custody and pre-trial detention;
44. Corruption in the judiciary;
45. The lack of adequate prison infrastructures and non-separation of detainees from
convicted persons and minors from adults;
46. The lack of educational and vocational training to facilitate the social reintegration of
prisoners after leaving prison;
47. The increase in ritual crimes, fetishist practices and the impunity enjoyed by the
perpetrators of these acts;
48. The extent of human and child trafficking for sexual and domestic exploitation in
the country;
49. The lack of transparency in public sector recruitments;
50. The high unemployment and under-employment rates especially among the youth,
women and persons with disabilities;
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