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UN and African Union Special Mechanisms on human rights adopt a roadmap for greater cooperation
Friday 20 January 2012 by Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
During a two-day meeting of the Special Procedures of the United Nations Human Rights Council and the Special Mechanisms of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, held in Addis Ababa
19 January 2012
This meeting, bringing together mandate-holders, civil society organizations, UN and AU agencies as well as individual experts, was the first of its kind. “It is a historic opportunity to join hands and work together in discharging the important mandates entrusted to us for the benefit of rights-holders in Africa,” said Ms. Farida Shaheed, chairperson of the Coordinating Committee of the Special Procedures. “Peer-to-peer learning is an invaluable tool in the framework of enhanced collaboration and building synergies that the two systems are seeking to establish,” added Ms. Reine Alapini Gansou, former Chairperson of the Africa Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
The experts discussed ways to undertake joint actions, including joint public statements, joint awareness raising events and joint visits to African countries. Particular emphasis was put on the need for better information sharing through the existing tools.
At the end of this important gathering, AU Special Mechanisms and UN
Special Procedures mandate-holders pledged to strive to achieve greater
coordination in the discharge of their mandates, through the development
of common working methods, including with regard to country missions,
communications and public statements.
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