AFRICAN UNION
الاتحاد الأفريقي
African Commission on Human & Peoples' Rights
UNION AFRICAINE
UNIÃO AFRICANA
Commission Africaine des Droits de l'Homme & des Peuples
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Guidance Note on State Reporting
ACHPR, May 2023
ACHPR Guidance Note on State Reporting
I. Table of contents
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|---|---|
| Introduction: Legal framework | 3 |
| Purpose of the document | 5 |
| State Periodic Reports preparation | 6 |
| State Periodic Reports submission | 7 |
| State Periodic Reports review | 7 |
| Concluding Observations | 8 |
| Conclusion: Reporting Cycles | 9 |
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II. Introduction: Legal Framework
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
- Article 62: 'Each State Party shall undertake to submit every two years, from the date the present Charter comes into force, a report on the legislative or other measures taken, with a view to giving effect to the rights and freedoms recognised and guaranteed by the present Charter'.
Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women in Africa - Article 26
- States shall ensure the implementation of this Protocol at the national level and shall include in their periodic reports submitted in accordance with the terms of Article 62 of the African Charter, information on the legislative or other measures they have taken for the full realisation of the rights recognised in this Protocol.
AU Convention for the Protection and Assistance of IDPs in Africa - Article 14.4
- States Parties shall, in submitting their reports in accordance with Article 62 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and, where applicable, within the framework of the African Peer Review Mechanism, indicate the legislative and other measures they have taken to give effect to this Convention.
Rules of Procedure of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights – 2020
(Rules 78 and 79)
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- • RULES OF PROCEDURE of the AFRICAN COMMISSION on HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS – 2020
Chapter II - The State Reporting Procedure under Article 62 of the Charter
Rule 78 Contents of State Reports
- Pursuant to Article 62 of the African Charter and any supplementary legal instruments entrusting the Commission with a supervision mandate, States Parties shall submit reports in accordance with relevant Guidelines of the Commission, on the measures they have taken to give effect to the provisions of the African Charter and those other instruments as well as on the progress they have made. Reports shall indicate the challenges, if any, affecting the implementation of the African Charter and those other instruments.