African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights

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The African Commission on Human and People's Rights has called for a multifaceted response to South Africa's escalating gender-based violence and femicide scourge.

The call follows a fact-finding mission involving government, civil society and other stakeholders.

It also comes in the wake of recent killings of women, hears the Commission's Solomon Tereso.

They're absolute hell holes.

And we're representing a number of clients, 19 before the African Commission on Human Rights, who are in Equatorial Guinea.

And they've been subject to the most horrific conditions in the detention there.

And a number have also been sent back to their home countries where they're at risk.

He has contributed to a broad range of AI policy development in several countries, including Canada, the United States, Brazil, Kenya, South Africa, China, and Nigeria.

He has also carried out legal advocacy within sub-regional and regional systems like the Inter-American Commission, the ECOWAS Court, the East African Court, the African Commission, and the UN Human Rights Council.

He is the convener of Black Futures by Design, an expert consultation advancing racial justice in AI governance and regulation.

Jake has held fellowships at Harvard Law School, Harvard Kennedy School, Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Ottawa, and the University of Cape Town.

So the key question I've just said to your question again, I think it's simple.

If you look at the word of the African Commission itself, the African Commission itself, they explicitly warn that in 2025, if you remember, the migration agreement cannot delegate.

That's what they said.

They said it cannot transfer or dilute states.

They've been denied access to lawyers.

I, myself, and my colleagues represent many of these individuals at the African Commission, and we have the lawyers that represent them here in the US, and it has been impossible to establish a regular contact with them.

So meaning, uh, uh, effective, uh, effective assistance of counsel is impossible.

Access to family members i- is impossible.

We further call on government to take concrete steps to restore public confidence in the integrity and independence of our constitutional and public offices, including the judiciary, the defense forces, the Law Enforcement Wings and the Electoral Commission, and to convene an all-inclusive national dialogue bringing together government, the opposition, civil society and faith communities.

We also call on the African Commission on Human and People's Rights, the Commonwealth, SADC, and the United Nations Human Rights Mechanisms to engage directly with the Zambian government on these concerns and not to look away.

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