Communication is consequent to the Respondent State’s failure to implement its decision,
which has led to the Complainant being held incommunicado for about 13 years now.
Commission
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regrets this state of affairs and would like to draw the Respondent State’s
attention to its obligation to give effect to the rights and freedoms enshrined in the Charter
which it voluntarily undertook to adhere to.
60. The Commission notes that any decision on the present Communication will add no value
other than to reaffirm what was previously settled.
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v. Strongly urges the Respondent State to take all necessary measures to implement
its decision in the said Communication without further delay; and
vi.
Notifies its decision to the parties in accordance with Rule 103 (4) of its Rules of
Procedure.
Done in Banjul, the Islamic Republic of the Gambia at the 19 Extra- Ordinary Session of the
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights held from 16 - 25 February 2016.