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The African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) has, nowadays, two of its commissioners on a visit to Tunisia; Mrs. Reini Alapini-Gansou, Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights Defenders (from Benin) and Mrs. Soyata Maiga, Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Women Rights (from Mali). The two African officials were scheduled to meet Friday afternoon, 27 June 2008, with representatives of independent civil society organizations at the headquarters of la Ligue Tunisienne pour la Défense des Droits de l'Homme (LTDDH) (Tunisian League for the Defence of Human Rights).
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As a diverse group of African human rights and civil society organizations, we look forward to a productive upcoming African presidency of the UN Human Rights Council in 2008-2009. In light both of the key position held by the African Group at the Council and of Africa’s recent progressive steps on human rights through the adoption of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance, we believe it is particularly important that Africa is represented in this role by a recognized human rights leader from our continent.
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The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) attended the NGO Forum and the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) from the 11th until the 19th of May, 2007. Between 12-15th of June, CIHRS participated in the yearly ACHPR preparatory NGO Forum organized by the African Center for Democracy and Human Rights Studies.
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On the occasion of a summit being held on 28 April, 2007 in Libya, between representatives of Libya, the United States, Britain, Sudan, Chad, Eritrea, the African Union and European Union, with the aim of ending the conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region, CIHRS calls on the representatives of these states and interstate organizations, to agree to a series of concrete measures that will provide immediate protection for civilians in Darfur and eastern Chad, and will revitalize the now defunct peace process between Darfur rebel groups and the government of Sudan.
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The Darfur Consortium (An African and International Civil Society Action for Darfur) sent two messages, the first addressed to Mr. Alfa Omer Konare, the Chairman of the African Union Commission, and the other to presidents of States member in the Peace and Security Council of the African Union, enclosed therewith were recommendations of the workshop on "Justice and Peace in Darfur" held under the auspices of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) in Casablanca, Morocco on June 16th-17th 2006
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We have urgent concerns regarding the human rights situation in Sudan that we would like to bring to the Commission’s attention. Firstly, we are deeply concerned about the ongoing humanitarian and human rights crisis that continues to unfold in the Darfur region despite the great effort expended by the African Union
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Today, on the first anniversary of the attacks made on referendum day, 24 Egyptian NGOs announced that the African Commission for Human and Peoples’ Rights, of the African Union, has decided to take on the lawsuit that organizations have raised against the Egyptian government over the physical and sexual harassment a number of female journalists and political activists who were subjected to on “Black Wednesday,” 25 May 2005.
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