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Overview Summary International Standards: The Paris Principles Important Factors Examining the Record in Africa Innovative and Positive Contributions by Commissions Regional Iniatives The Role Of The International Community Conclusion Recommendations Abbreviations Acknowledgements |
Origin and Mandate Staffing and Appointment Procedures Activities Funding Assessment The CBDH's staffing and appointment procedures are by far the most diverse and independent of all the commissions in Africa. The members are selected entirely by the professional and NGO communities, without direct government involvement. Of the forty-five members, three are members "by right" with one representative from the magistrates, one representative from the bar association, and one representative from the association of physicians. They are elected and put forward by the professional bodies they represent. The other forty-two members, termed "mixed members," comprise fourteen NGO representatives, and twenty-eight who serve in their individual capacities these latter twenty-eight are elected by the other members of the commission upon "the nomination of the Executive Board after examination of individual files by the office." (Article 3 of the internal regulations). The forty-two "mixed members" are eligible to serve for a renewable six-year term, but neither the CBDH law nor the commission's internal regulations specify for how long the threemembers "by right" may serve.35 The number of members is open to modification by the CBDH's general assembly, at the behest of the executive board, but this had never been invoked.
The commission has enjoyed remarkable stability in its membership and the same leadership through its ten years of existence. Saidou Agbantou, a lawyer, has been reelected twice since he became president in 1990: his current three-year term is due to expire in July 2000. |
Benin Cameroon Chad Ghana Kenya Liberia Malawi Mauritania Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone South Africa Sudan Togo Uganda Zambia |
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