15th Submission under the African Charter on Human & Peoples Rights

Acknowledgement:

We wish to thank all our human rights defenders and other civil society actors, including the media, and members of the general public as well as the law implementation officials for the information contained in this Report. Our special thanks go to our donors, such as the Embassies of Finland and France as well as Hanns Seidel Foundation, Sida and Hivos. Without their financial or in kind support, NSHR’s mission would have been impossible. However, save where the context indicates otherwise, the opinions expressed in this Report are exclusively those of NSHR.

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