RESOLUTION ON GUIDELINES AND MEASURES FOR THE PROHIBITION AND PREVENTION OF TORTURE, CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT IN AFRICA Recalling the recommendations of the Workshop on the Prohibition and the Prevention of Torture and Ill-treatment, organised jointly by the African Commission and the Association for the Prevention of Torture, on Robben Island, South Africa, from 12th to 14th February 2002; 1. Adopts the Guidelines and Measures for the Prohibition and Prevention of Torture, Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Africa (The Robben Island Guidelines). 2. Establishes a Follow-up Committee comprising of the African Commission, the Association for the Prevention of Torture and any prominent African Experts as the Commission may determine. 3. Assigns the following mandate to the Follow-up Committee -: • To organise, with the support of interested partners, seminars to disseminate the Robben Island Guidelines to national and regional stakeholders. • To develop and propose to the African Commission strategies to promote and implement the Robben Island Guidelines at the national and regional levels. • To promote and facilitate the implementation of the Robben Island Guidelines within Member States. • To make a progress report to the African Commission at each ordinary session. 4. Urges Special Rapporteurs and Members of the African Commission to widely disseminate the Robben Island Guidelines as part of their promotional mandate. 5. Encourages States parties to the African Charter, in their periodic reports to the African Commission, to bear in mind the Robben Island Guidelines. 6. Invites NGOs and other relevant actors to widely disseminate and utilise the Robben Island Guidelines in the course of their work. Done in Banjul, The Gambia, 23rd October 2002 02 THE ROBBEN ISLAND GUIDELINES