Remedies sought
16.
Consequent upon the alleged violations the Complainant requests the
Commission to:(a)
Recommend that the Republic of Djibouti should award him due
compensation.
(b)
Recommend that the Republic of Djibouti should conduct a public inquiry into
illegal apprehensions, renditions, and detentions in the context of counterterrorism measures such as those exacted on him.
(c)
Require the Republic of Djibouti to report to the African Commission within six
months on:(i) the steps taken to investigate and prosecute any person responsible for
the violation of his rights.
(ii) the measures adopted to ensure appropriate oversight of foreign military
and intelligence services on its territory as a guarantee for non-repetition
of the type of violations he suffered.
PROCEDURE
17.
The Communication was received by the Secretariat on 10 December, 2009.
18.
The African Commission decided to be seized of the Communication in terms
of Article 55 of the African Charter at its 8th Extraordinary Session held from 22
February to 3 March, 2010. The Commission’s decision was communicated to the
parties with a request that they should submit written arguments on admissibility.
19.
On 28 February 2011 the Secretariat received the Complainant’s written
Arguments on Admissibility together with a set of supporting documents
comprising the Complainant’s Declaration; Declaration of Zahra Ahmed Mohamed;
Exhibits attached to the Arguments on Admissibility and the two declarations; a
Factual Summary of publicly available information on the U.S. Government’s
extraordinary rendition, secret detention, and interrogation program and Djibouti’s
role in the program (the Factual Summary); and two volumes of attachments to the
Factual Summary comprising Documents numbered A – T.
20.
The Secretariat transmitted the Complainant’s Arguments on Admissibility to
the Respondent State with a request for the latter to submit written observations and
arguments on admissibility.
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