ACHPR
Human Rights our Collective Responsibility
85th ORDINARY SESSION OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND
PEOPLES' RIGHTS INTER-SESSION ACTIVITY REPORT OF COMMISSIONER SOLOMON AYELE DERSSO
In Memory of Angelo William Jey Mayot, with appreciation to the work of legal officers in the Commission
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The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights 31 Bijilo Annex Layout, Kombo North District, West Coast Region Gambia Phone: (220) 230 4361 Fax: (220) 441 05 04 Email: au-banjul@africa-union.org https://achpr.au.int
ACHPR African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
Human Rights our Collective Responsibility
I Introduction
- This Report is presented in accordance with Rules 25(3) and 64 of the Rules of Procedure of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights (the Commission) (2020), and in accordance with its Resolutions: ACHPR/Res 148 (XLVI) 09; ACHPR/Res 236 (LIII) 13; ACHPR/Res 271(LV) 14; ACHPR/Res. 447 (LXVI) 20; ACHPR/Res.467 (LXVII) 20; and ACHPR/Res. 473 (EXT.OS/ XXXI) 21.
- The Report, which is presented in eight parts, covers activities carried out between June 2025 and October 2025 and comprises the following:
I. Activities undertaken as a Member of the Commission; II. Activities undertaken as Chairperson of the Working Group on Extractive Industries, Environment and Human Rights III. Activities undertaken as Chairperson of the Resolutions Committee IV. Activities undertaken during the inter-session period in respect to countries of responsibility V. Activities undertaken as Focal Point on Human Rights in Conflict Situation VI. Activities undertaken as Focal Point for the Study on AI, new and emerging technologies and human and peoples' rights VII. Thematic report on the right to environment in Africa VIII. Conclusion and Recommendations
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African Union
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights 31 Bijilo Annex Layout, Kombo North District, West Coast Region Gambia Phone: (220) 230 4361 Fax: (220) 441 05 04 Email: au-banjul@africa-union.org https://achpr.au.int
ACHPR African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
Human Rights our Collective Responsibility
I. ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION
Protection activities
- In pursuit of the Commission's protection mandate particularly within the framework of the principle of complementarity of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights' mandate to the protection mandate of the Commission, on 4 June 2025 I led the delegation of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights to Arusha, Tanzania as the commissioner rapporteur for Application No. 006/2012. The purpose of the mission was to represent the African Commission, as applicant of the case, in the first-ever compliance hearing of Application No. 006/2012 – African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights v. Republic of Kenya that the African Court convened on non-implementation of the merit judgement of 2017 and the reparations judgement of 2022.¹
- The following are the activities undertaken during this mission: