29 March - 7 April 1993
Communication No. 69/92
AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS
Thirteenth Ordinary Session
29 March - 7 April 1993
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
v.
TUNISIA
DECISION
Citation: Amnesty Int’l v. Tunis., Comm. 69/92, 7th ACHPR AAR Annex IX (1993–1994)
Publications: IHRDA, Compilation of Decisions on Communications of the African
Commission On Human and Peoples’ Rights Extracted from the Commission’s Activity Reports 1994-2001, at 357 (2002); Documents of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, at 347 (Malcolm D. Evans & Rachel Murray eds., 2001); (2000) AHRLR 319 (ACHPR 1994)
COMMUNICATION ON ALLEGED WRONGFUL DETENTION AND TORTURE,
DATED 4 MARCH 1992
FINAL DECISION
[1] “The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, established under article 30 of the African Charter of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights;
[2] Meeting at its 13th ordinary session, from 29 March to 7 April 1993 in Banjul, The Gambia;
[3] Considering articles 55 and 56 paragraph 7;
[4] Decides to declare the communication of Amnesty International against the Republic of Tunisia inadmissible pursuant to the relevant provisions of article 56 (7) which stipulates that communications submitted within the framework of Part II, Chapter III of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights should necessarily “not deal with cases which have been settled in accordance with the principles of the Charter or the United Nations or the Charter of the Organisation of African Unity or the provisions of the present Charter”.