Assembly/AU/Dec.49(III) Rev.1 DECISION ON THE 17TH ANNUAL ACTIVITY REPORT OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS Doc. EX.CL/109 (V) The Assembly: 1. TAKES NOTE of the 17th Annual Activity Report of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights; 2. REQUESTS all the organs concerned to take the necessary steps to provide the Commission with the human, financial and material resources needed for its smooth functioning in keeping with Article 41 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and submit a report thereon to the 7th Ordinary Session; 3. URGES all Member States to cooperate with the ACHPR, and the various mechanisms it has put in place, and implement its decisions in compliance with the provisions of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights; 4. NOTES that some ACHPR reports on the State Parties are presented without their observations; and INVITES ACHPR to ensure that in future its mission reports are submitted together with the comments of the State Parties concerned and to indicate the steps taken in this regard during the presentation of its annual activity report; 5. SUSPENDS the publication of the 17th Annual Activity Report in accordance with paragraph 4 above pending the possible observations by the Member States concerned; 6. INVITES all the State Parties concerned to submit to the ACHPR the reports due by virtue of Article 62 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.