r;-r) 6~ttEfi ~= Human and Peoples· Rights Human Rights our Collective Responsibility On reparations 216. The Commission reiterates that it emanates from Article 1 of the African Charter that there is a duty to provide reparation whenever a State Party violates the rights of individuals and thereby causes them harm69. The Commission notes that in the present case, it has found a violation of Articles 4, 14, 20 and 22 of the African Charter. 217. In EI-Sharkawi v. Egypt, the Commission found that full and effective remedies include restitution, compensation, rehabilitation , satisfaction, and guarantees of nonrepetition , and compensation for any economically assessable harm, such as physical or mental harm; lost opportunities, including employment, education, and social benefits; property damage and loss of earnings, including loss of earning potential; moral damage; and costs necessary for legal or specialized assistance, medicine and medical services, and psychological and social services.70 218. In the present case, the Complainants, in addition to the general request to the Commission to order any other remedies that it deems appropriate, specifically request that the Commission to order: (a) the cessation of all activities or acts affecting the property of the Maasai in the Kedong ancestral lands by the Respondent State, (b) the payment of reparations for damages caused, (c) the payment of expenses for this Communication, (d) apologizing. These types of remedies requested by the Complainant are considered below. a) On the request for cessation of all activities on the ancestral lands of the Maasai of Kedong by the Respondent State 219. The Commission notes that the Complainants request that the Respondent State be ordered to cease all activities on the ancestral lands of the Maasai of Kedong, including refraining from any act of eviction or acts of criminalization of pastoralism on the claimed lands. The Commission notes that the natural remedy for the violation of the Maasai Kedong ' right to property over their ancestral lands under Article 14 of the African Charter is the cessation of the violations and the restoration of the situation that would have existed if there had not been the violation, i.e., restitution. 69 Communi<:otion No 318/06-Open Sodcly Ju•tice Initiative v. Cote d'Ivoire (2015) ACHPR, for 198. 70 Communication No. 396/11 - El-Sharkawi v. RepubUc of Egypl (ACHPR) (2000), paro. 344.

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