| AFRICAN UNION | UNION AFRICAINE | |
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| الاتحاد الأفريقي African Commission on Human & Peoples' Rights | UNIÃO AFRICANA Commission Africaine des Droits de l'Homme & des Peuples | |
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68th ORDINARY SESSION OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS
14 April to 04 May 2021
Virtual meeting
Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Kingdom of Lesotho's Combined Second to Eighth Periodic Report under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and its Initial Report under the Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women in Africa
I. INTRODUCTION
- The Kingdom of Lesotho (Lesotho) is a State Party to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (the African Charter or the Charter), having signed the Charter on 7 March 1984, and ratified and deposited its ratification instrument on 10 February 1992 and 27 February 1992, respectively.
- In accordance with Article 62 of the African Charter, Lesotho submitted its Initial Report in 2001 and this was reviewed by the Commission at its 31st Ordinary Session (2nd to 16th May 2002, Pretoria in South Africa). The Initial Report covered Reports due from the ratification of the Charter to 2001. It should be noted that the Initial Report could not be reviewed at the 30th Ordinary Session of the Commission in 2001 due to the fact that representatives of the country were not present at the said session.
- The present Combined Periodic Report is identified by Lesotho as the Combined Second to Eighth Periodic Report under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and its Initial Report under the Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women in Africa. It covers, for the Charter, the period from 2001 to 2017, and, for the Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women in Africa (Women's Protocol or Maputo Protocol), the period between 2004 and 2017. These Reports are submitted in accordance to Article 62 of the Charter and Article 26 of the Maputo Protocol.
- The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (the Commission) considered the Report at its 64th Ordinary Session, held from 24 April – 14 May 2019 in Sharm el Sheikh, Arab Republic of Egypt.
- 5. The Report was presented to the Commission by the Delegation from Lesotho (the Delegation) headed by the Honourable Mokhele Moletsane, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs; it was also comprised of the following officials:
- • Honourable Haae Phoofolo, Attorney General
- • Mr Tanki Mothae, Principal Secretary, Ministry of Law
- • Ms Polo Chabane, Chief Legal Officer, Human Rights Unit
- • Mr Santi Mofoka, Chief Legal Officer, Ministry of Education