ACHPR: Oral intervention on the report of Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa
54th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and
54th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and
Presented at the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights,
54th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and
Report submitted to the 53rd Ordinary Session of the African
Remarks presented at the 53rd ordinary session of the African
Oral intervention on the report of the Special Rapporteur on
Oral intervention on the report of Special Rapporteur on Human
Dear Friends and Partners, Season’s greetings from East and Horn
WE, the journalists and human rights defenders from Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia/Somaliland, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, meeting at the Sub-Regional Journalists and Human Rights Defenders Conference organised by the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project in Mukono, Uganda, 12-16th November 2012:
Limited competition in elections for the United Nations Human Rights Council undermines membership standards set for the body by the UN General Assembly, Human Rights Watch, FORUM-ASIA, and the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project said today. Although the General Assembly elected 18 countries to the Human Rights Council on November 12, 2012, only three faced challengers in their bids for a seat.
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