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Concerned that more than five (5) years after the closure of the African Rehabilitation
Institute (ARI), the former staff of the Institute have not been paid their entitlements;
Mindful of the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights, in particular its
provisions on human security;
1.
COMMIT ourselves to:
i)
Sign and ratify the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’
Rights on the Rights of Older Persons in Africa to expeditiously reap the
demographic dividend of the contributions of this important population
group;
ii)
Support the development of a UN Convention on the Rights of Older
Persons;
iii)
Take appropriate measures for the formulation of national and regional
domestication documents on the 5 Year Priority Programme for the
implementation of the Declaration and Plan of Action on Employment,
Poverty Eradication and Inclusive Development, set up or enhance an intersectoral follow-up structure and designate national focal persons by 30
September 2017; and submit first national biennial follow-up report to the
AUC in 2018;
iv)
Integrate the Roadmap on the Demographic Dividend into national policy
frameworks on employment and entrepreneurship, and report on its
implementation using specific follow-up, M&E mechanism;
v)
Step up national measures on women empowerment in African labour
market under the human rights perspective, within the framework of the
Ouaga+10 policy frameworks, AU relevant Charters on Women and
Children, the UN Agenda 2030 and in line with the conclusions of the 61st
session of the UN Committee on the Status of Women, NY, March 2017,
with the support of the AUC, NEPAD, ILO, AfDB, UNWOMEN, ECA and
other partners;
vi)
Continue to collaborate with the African Union on the campaign to end child
marriage and to engage with various stakeholders at community, national,
regional and international levels in the fight against this harmful practice and
others negatively affecting children;
vii)
Encourage and support RECs and Member States towards promoting free
movement of people within regions, and support Member States to engage
effectively in bilateral and multilateral negotiations with labour receiving
countries with the aim of protecting the rights of African citizens working
outside their country of origin; and commend the progress made in the