Lawyers Committee for Human Rights v Zaire (Communication 47 of 1990) [2017] ACHPR 3 (30 June 2017)

Undated Communication No. 47/90 AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS v. ZAIRE DECISION Citation: Lawyers Comm. for Human Rights v. Zaire, Comm. 47/90, 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 358 (2002); Documents of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, at 350 (Malcolm D. Evans & Rachel Murray eds., 2001; (2000) AHRLR 71 (ACHPR 1994) COMMUNICATION ON VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS BY THE GOVERNMENT OF ZAIRE INCLUDING ARBITRARY ARRESTS, DETENTION AND TORTURE FINAL DECISION [1] The Commission admits evidence of the existence of a series of serious or massive violations of human and peoples’ rights and decides under article 58(1) of the African Charter to call the attention of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government to the situation.