Revised Guidelines for the Consideration of Communications
5) No application for review may be made after three years from the date of notification
of the decision.
6)
An application for review shall not interrupt implementation of Committee’s
decisions by the State Party concerned unless the Committee decides otherwise.
SECTION XXI: IMPLEMENTATION OF DECISIONS OF THE
COMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS
1) Time limit for reporting on implementation
i. A State Party to a Communication found by the Committee to have violated any
of the articles of the African Children’s Charter shall report to the Committee all
measures taken to implement the decision of the Committee within 180 days from
the date of receipt of the Committee’s decision.
ii. If the State Party does not submit a report as required by this Rule or provide
the Committee with any other information on its implementation of the Committee’s
decision within the period set in sub-rule 1 of this Rule, the Committee shall formally
notify the State Party of this breach and request it submit the report within 90 days
from the date of the Committee’s notification.
iii. If at the expiry of the 90 days from the date of reminder, the State Party does not
submit a report, the Committee shall refer the matter to the Assembly of the African
Union for appropriate intervention on the matter.
2) Follow-up on implementation of decisions
i. The Committee shall appoint a Rapporteur for each communication for the purpose
of monitoring the implementation of the Committee’s decision by the State Party
concerned.
ii. The Rapporteur for a Communication shall monitor the measures taken by the
State Party concerned to give effect to the Committee’s recommendations made in
24