ii.
iii.
Implement the outstanding recommendations in the previous
concluding observations;
Comply with the Commission’s State Reporting Guidelines
under the Maputo Protocol in its next Reporting Period.
Ratification of Regional/International Human Rights Instruments
47. Namibia should report on regional/international human rights
instruments ratified/acceded tom during the reporting period.
48. Namibia should ratify the following human rights instruments:
i. The African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of
Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (the Kampala Convention);
ii. The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance in Africa;
iii. The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on
the Establishment of an African Court;
iv. African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of
Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (The Kampala Convention);
v. Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights;
vi. Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT);
vii. The African Union Convention on the Elimination of Mercenaries in
Africa;
viii. Protocol of the Court of Justice of the African Union;
ix. OAU convention governing the specific aspects of refugee problems in
Africa;
x. The ILO Convention 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples;
xi. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant
Workers and Members of their Families.
49. Namibia should also make a Declaration under Article 34(6) of the
Protocol to the African Court to allow the Court to receive cases from
individuals and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) directly.
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Right to Property
50. Namibia should:
i.
Put in place comprehensive policies, plans and programmes
aimed at making acquisition of land and housing accessible to
and affordable for all its citizens, particularly the poor and those
in the rural areas;
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