18-27 April 1994
Communication No. 88/93
AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS
Fifteenth Ordinary Session
18-27 April 1994
UNION INTERAFRICAINE DES DROITS DE L’HOMME
v.
TOGO
DECISION
BEFORE: CHAIRMAN: Prof. Isaac Nguema VICE CHAIRMAN: Prof. Mohammed Hatem Ben Salem COMMISSIONERS: Mr. Sourahata B.S Janneh,, Justice Robert H. Kisanga, Dr. Ibrahim A Badawi EL Sheikh, Prof. U.O Umozurike, Mr. Youssoupha Ndiaye, Dr. Emmanuel E.V. O. Dankwa, Mrs. Vera Valentina Duarte Martins.
Citation: Union Interafricaine Des Droits De L’homme v. Togo, Comm. 88/93, 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 355 (2002); Documents of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, at 349 (Malcolm D. Evans & Rachel Murray eds., 2001); (2000) AHRLR 316 (ACHPR 1994)
COMMUNICATION ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN TOGO
[1] “The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights established under article 30 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights;
[2] Meeting at its fifteenth ordinary session held in Banjul, The Gambia, from 18 to 27 April, 1994;
[3] Recalling the provisions of article 57 of the Charter and those of Rules 110 and 115 of the Rules of Procedure which stipulate that prior to any substantive consideration, all communications must be brought to the knowledge of the State concerned;
[4] Decides to bring the communication to the knowledge of the government of Togo and to request it to submit a response within two months of receipt of the notification;
[5] A substantive consideration of the matter shall be undertaken at the sixteenth session” (Article 57 of the Charter, articles 110, 115 and 117 of the Rules of Procedure.