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International PEN v Burkina Faso (Communication 22 of 1988) [1994] ACHPR 7 (27 April 1994)

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18-27 April 1994 Communication No. 22/88 AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS Fifteenth Ordinary Session 18-27 April 1994 INTERNATIONAL PEN v. BURKINA FASO DECISION BEFORE: CHAIRMAN: Prof. Isaac Nguema VICE CHAIRMAN: Prof. Mohammed Hatem Ben Salem COMMISSIONERS: Mr. Sourahata B. S Janneh,, Justice Robert H. Kisanga, Dr. Ibrahim A Badawi EL Sheikh, Prof. U. O Umozurike, Mr. Youssoupha Ndiaye, Dr. Emmanuel E. V. O. Dankwa, Mrs. Vera Valentina Duarte Martins. Citation: Int’l PEN v. Burk. Faso, Comm. 22/88 , 7th ACHPR AAR Annex IX (1993–1994) Publications: IHRDA, Compilation of Decisions on Communications of the African Commission On Human and Peoples’ Rights Extracted from the Commission’s Activity Reports 1994-2001, at 42 (2002); Documents of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, at 342 (Malcolm D. Evans & Rachel Murray eds., 2001); (2000) AHRLR 47 (ACHPR 1994) COMMUNICATION ON ALLEGED WRONGFUL DETENTION (NOT DATED) [1] The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, established under Article 30 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights; [2] Meeting at its Fifteenth Ordinary Session held in Banjul, The Gambia, from 18 to 27 April 1994; [3] Considering that Mr. Ernest N. Ouedraogo has been released on 4 August 1989; [4] Declares that the file be closed. (Article 56 of the Charter).