Shadow Report to the Kenyan Government's combined 12th to 13th Periodic Report on the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights

 

Alternative report to the Kenyan Government's combined 12th to 13th Periodic Report on the African Charter on Human and People's Rights.

Submitted to

The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights 71st Ordinary Session, 21 April - 13 May 2022

 

This report offers alternative information in response to the combined 12th and 13th

Kenyan Government’s report submitted to the African Commission on Human and

Peoples’ Rights (‘ACHPR’) pursuant to Article 62 of the African Charter (the ‘Kenyan

periodic report’). It focuses largely on the extent to which the Kenyan Government has

adhered to its obligations under the African Charter with regard to indigenous peoples,

groups and communities.

Read the full report here 

This report is informed by the current political, legal and social environment in Kenya.

Specifically, the information in the report is drawn from diverse sources including the

Constitution of Kenya 2010 and other laws, information from various institutions as well as

from sources within the indigenous communities.

This report has been developed jointly by various marginalized and indigenous groups under

the convening of the Ogiek People’s Development Programme (OPDP), Endorois Welfare

Council, Chepkitale Indigenous Peoples Development Project, Sengwer Indigenous Peoples

Programme, and Sengwer of Embobut CBO with support from Minority Rights Group

International (MRG) and Forest Peoples Programme (FPP).