AU petitioned to end slavery in Libya now

African Commission on Human and People’s Rights

P. O. Box 673 Banjul,

The Gambia

Dear Commissioner Soyata Maiga

PETITION TO END SLAVERY IN LIBYA NOW

NAME: The Future Group

YEAR FORMED: 2014

NATIONALITY/LOCATION: Ghana

ADDRESS: No 7, 3rd Asoyi Link, East Legon, Accra-Ghana

TELEPHONE NO: +233 (0) 50480 8059

Slavery and slave trade are very serious crimes against humanity. In light of that, the African Union has enacted many Charters, Protocols, Principles and Treaties to prevent its repeat. Article 5 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights states, “every individual shall have the right to the respect of the dignity inherent in a human being and to the recognition of his legal status. All forms of exploitation and degradation of man particularly slavery, slave trade, torture, cruel and inhuman or degrading punishment and treatment shall be prohibited”. The first objective of the Charter for African Cultural Renaissance is “to assert the dignity of African men and women as well as the popular foundations of their culture”. Clearly, the Libyan events have tested the resolve behind this objective and the response has been disappointingly lacklustre.

From the foregoing, we, members of the Future Group, Numbering 130 specifically demand the following;

As young people, we have no patience for any form of denigration and debasement of the African personality. We demand action, and we demand it now. This Libyan case will show if the African Union is any organization that must be taken seriously.

Humbly submitted and watching closely

Signed

Edmond Kombat

(Team Lead)

Hardi Yakubu

(Team Co-ordinator)

Andrew Mensah Bonsu

(Team Co-ordinator)

 

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