Following the unprecedented rejection of its application for observer status before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, along with two African civil society organizations, Synergía expressed its grave disappointment in a statement that was drafted in partnership with the Center for Human Rights of the University of Pretoria, the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (ISLA), PanAfrica ILGA, Amnesty International, and Mouvement pour les Libertés Individuelles (MOLI).
The joint statement was supported by African Union Watch, Alternative Côte d’Ivoire, Article 19, Civicus, Commission indépendante des droits de l’homme en Afrique du Nord, DefendDefenders, Equality Now (Kenya), Fédération Internationale pour les Droit Humains, Human Rights First Rwanda, Human Rights Watch, Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa, International Federation for Human Rights, International Service for Human Rights, and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights.
The organizations expressed their concern for a decision that is contrary to the jurisprudence and normative standards of the African Commission itself and contravenes the principles of universality and inalienability of human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, calling the African Commission to promptly revert its decision.
The statement, available in:
English, Kiswahili, French, Arabic, and Portuguese,
was signed by more than 200 organizations.
