iv.
Finds a violation of Article 16 only in relation to the fourth and seventh
Victims;
v.
Finds a violation of Article 18 as it relates to the negative obligation on the
State;
vi.
Does not find a violation of Article 6 by the Arab Republic of Egypt;
vii.
The Commission finds the following remedial actions to be necessary for
addressing the violations above:
1. To reopen the investigations into the violations and hold the commanding
officers who were conducting the breakup of the protest accountable for the
human rights violations that were committed,
2. To provide compensation to all the Victims, including the Victims in this
Communication for the violations suffered, in accordance with national
laws; and
3. To revise the laws in relation to police and regulation of assemblies to bring
it in line with the rights in the African Charter, and in particular to review
the Egyptian Police Act 109 of 1971 to bring it in line with the various
Guidelines of the Commission cited in the analysis above, as well as the
principles of necessity and proportionality;
viii. Requests the Respondent State in line with Rule 125 of the Commission’s
2020 Rules of Procedure to report to the Commission within 180 days on the
measures it intends to adopt for the above purpose, as well as detailed
submissions on the training initiatives being undertaken for police officers
on human rights and crowd control.
Adopted during the 66th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on
Human and Peoples’ Rights, held from 13 July to 07 August 2020,
virtually, via Zoom Webinar
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