ACHPR
**79th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on
Human and Peoples' Rights 14 May to 3 June 2024**
INTERSESSION REPORT
By
Ms Salma Sassi-Safer
Commissioner of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights & Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Displaced Persons and Migrants in Africa
MAY 2024
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INTRODUCTION
This report gives an account, pursuant to Rule 64 of the Rules of Procedure of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (the Commission), of the activities for the promotion and protection of human rights undertaken during the intersessional period since the 77th Ordinary Session of the Commission held from 20 October to 9 November 2023 in Arusha, Republic of Tanzania.
The report first covers the activities carried out in my capacity as Commissioner, member of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights.
I will then present the activities carried out under the mandate entrusted to me in my capacity as Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Displaced Persons and Migrants in Africa. This mechanism was entrusted to me by the Resolution on the appointment of the Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Displaced Persons and Migrants in Africa - ACHPR/Res.577 (LXXVII) 2023.
The report also includes the status of ratification of the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons (Kampala Convention), a presentation of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on specific aspects of the right to nationality and the eradication of statelessness in Africa, an analysis of the human rights situation in the countries under my responsibility as country Rapporteur, the situation of refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced persons and migrants, and statelessness in Africa.
It concludes with recommendations to the various stakeholders.
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ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED AS A COMMISSIONER, MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION
I. Sixth African Union Judicial Dialogue, (20-22 November 2023) Algiers, Algeria,
- The Sixth Judicial Dialogue of the African Union was held in Algiers from 20 to 22 November 2023 and was devoted to the promotion of human rights and the effective administration of justice in Africa. The general theme was "Promoting Justice and Human Rights in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities Related to the Transposition of Regional and International Human Rights Jurisprudence into National Jurisdictions".
- This event brought together judges from national and regional courts, representatives of national judicial systems, as well as experts and legal practitioners. Numerous other stakeholders and partners attended, including the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, the Southern African Development Community Administrative Tribunal (SADCAT), the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the Court of the Arab Maghreb Union, the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Court of Justice of the West African Economic and Monetary Union, the Conference of African Constitutional Courts (CJCA).