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The African Commission on Human & Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights held its 46th session in Banjul, The Gambia from 11-25 November 2009. IWGIA participated in the session, and facilitated the participation of 8 indigenous representatives. In conformity with article 62 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the periodic report of the Republic of Congo, Botswana and Ethiopia were examined during the session. IWGIA and other partner organisations also contributed with shadow reports that provide an alternative source of information and assist the ACHPR's commissioners in asking substantiated critical questions on indigenous peoples during the examination and in the drafting of the concluding observations. Find all the statements made by IWGIA, CEMIRIDE (Kenya), ADHUC (Republic of Congo), and COPORWA (Rwanda) and a sum up of the future plans of the working group here. The ACHPR's 47th Ordinary Session will be held in Tunis, Tunisia, 12-26 May 2010 More information An introduction to the work and mandate of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) on this website Official website of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights