that commandos of the Po Military garrison are reported to have a hand in the latter
assassinations.
14.
The Complainant alleges that his organisation has submitted all these cases of human
rights violations, but without response to this day, to the following Burkinabe institutions:
• competent jurisdictions;
• the Ministries concerned (Justice, Interior and Defence);
• the Prime Minister; and
• the President of the Republic of Burkina Faso.
THE COMPLAINT
15. The Complainant claims that Burkina Faso has violated Articles 3,4,5,6,7,8,9(2),
10,11,12 and 13(2) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights. He requests the
Commission to investigate the said violations and get the Respondent State to:
• explain the fate of the student Dabo Boukary;
• disclose the conclusions of the inquiry on the assassination of Mr. Clement Oumarou
Ouedraogo;
• take measures that can help find a legal solution to all these human rights violation cases;
and
• compensate the victims of such violations.
16.
In support of his petition, the Complainant provided abundant documentation on
most of the alleged human rights violation cases.
PROCEDURE
17.
The communication is dated 25th April 1997. It was received by the Secretariat of the
Commission by fax on 25th May 1997. However, the Complainant observed that there were
annexes to the communication and the Secretariat had to wait to receive them.
18.
On 20th August 1997, the Secretariat acknowledged receipt of the communication
and asked the Complainant to indicate precisely the points contained in the communication
on which he wanted the Commission to look into and to attach the documents mentioned. 19.
On the same day, a Note Verbale was faxed to the Burkinabe Ministry of External
Relations and Co-operation forwarding a copy of the communication and requesting for the
Ministry's reaction within three months in accordance with the relevant provisions of the
Rules of Procedure. There was no reaction to this Note Verbale.