African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights \05 If the rules and principles contained in the guidelines are properly assimilated and correctly applied, the number of individual cases brought before the African Commission will be reduced. Wouldn’t that be an ideal situation? Mrs Reine ALAPINI-GANSOU Former Chairperson of the ACHPR Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders APCOF Guidelines on policing assemblies TEXT.indd 5 12/04/2017 17:07:43