ACHPR
Human Rights our Collective Responsibility
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**79TH ORDINARY SESSION OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION
ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS**
[Hybrid], Banjul, The Gambia
14 to 24 May 2024
Draft Public Session Agenda
DAY 1: TUESDAY, 14 May 2024
Item 1
09:00 – 11:00 Opening Ceremony (Public session)
11:00– 11:30 HEALTH BREAK
Item 2
11:30 – 12:30 Adoption of the Session Agenda (Private Session)
Item 3: Human Rights Situation in Africa
12:30 - 13:30
- (i) Key Outcomes of the Pre-79th OS Forum of Non-Governmental Organisations (7 mins)
- (ii) Statements on Human Rights Situation in Africa
- a) Statements by State Delegates (7 mins)
- b) Statement by African Union Organs with a Human Rights Mandate (7 mins)
- c) Statements by Intergovernmental and International Organizations (7 mins)
- d) Statements by National Human Rights Institutions (5 mins)
- e) Statements by Non-Governmental Organisations (5 mins)
END OF DAY 1
DAY 2: WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
Item 3 cont'd: Human Rights Situation in Africa
9:00– 10:30 Human Rights Situation in Africa
10:30– 11:00 HEALTH BREAK
Item 3 cont'd: Human Rights Situation in Africa
11:00 – 12:00 Human Rights Situation in Africa
Item 4: Panels & Launches
12:00 – 13:30 Panel of the CPTA on the celebration of the UN convention against Torture and 20 years of CPTA.
END OF DAY 2
DAY 3: THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
Item 5: Consideration of Applications for Observer and Affiliate Status
9:00– 10:30 Relationship and Cooperation with National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
a) Relationship and cooperation between the ACHPR and NHRIs - Consideration of Applications for Affiliate Status from NHRIs
b) Relationship and cooperation between the ACHPR and NGOs - Consideration of Applications for Observer Status from NGOs
10:30– 11:00 HEALTH BREAK
Item 3 cont'd: Human Rights Situation in Africa
11:00 – 12:00 Human Rights Situation in Africa
Item 4 cont'd:
12:00 – 13:30
Panels & Launches
Panel on the abolition of the death penalty.
END OF DAY 3
DAY 4: FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
Item 4 cont'd:
Panels & Launches
09:00 – 10:30
Panel Discussion on FGM in West Africa and Launch of the 2nd Edition of the Maputo@20 Newsletter of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa
10:30– 11:00
HEALTH BREAK
Item 3 cont'd:
Human Rights Situation in Africa
11:00 – 12:00
Human Rights Situation in Africa
Item 6:
Activity Reports of the Members of the Commission & Special Mechanisms
NGOs
Presentation (15mins), Interventions: States (5 mins), NHRIs & (3 mins)
12:00 – 13:00
Activity Reports of the Members of the Commission & Special Mechanisms
- (i) Chairperson of the ACHPR & Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and Focal Point on Reprisals in Africa.
- (ii) Vice - Chairperson of the ACHPR & Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa;
- (iii) Chairperson of the Working Group on Extractive Industries, Environment and Human Rights Violations in Africa;