TOGO

CASE N° TG/01 - MARC ATIDEPEE
CASE N° TG/02 - TAVIO AMORIN
CASE N° TG/O3 - GASTON AZIADUVO EDEH

Resolution adopted without a vote by the Inter-Parliamentary Council at its 161st session
(Cairo, 16 September 1997)

The Inter-Parliamentary Council,

Referring to the outline of the case, as contained in the report of the Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians (CL/161/10(a)-R.1), and to the resolution adopted at its 160th session (April 1997) concerning the case of Mr. Marc Atidépé, Mr. Tavio Amorin and Mr. Gaston Aziaduvo Edeh, of Togo,

Taking into consideration the information provided by the President of the National Assembly at the hearing held on the occasion of the 98th Inter-Parliamentary Conference (September 1997),

Recalling that Mr. Atidépé, Mr. Amorin and Mr. Edeh were assassinated in May and July 1992 and February 1994, respectively; that the killings were allegedly carried out by military personnel,

Recalling also that, contrary to the information provided by the authorities up until June 1996, the investigations into these assassinations were shelved by virtue of the 1994 Amnesty Law covering all politically motivated offences and crimes committed before that date,

Further recalling in this connection the will of the Togolese authorities to take into consideration the question of the right to restitution, compensation and redress, as manifested in a Government report submitted on 6 March 1996 to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, and by the Togolese delegation to the 96th Inter-Parliamentary Conference (September 1996),

Considering that, at the hearing held in Cairo, the President of the National Assembly stated that he would take the necessary initiatives with the Government to ensure that the families of the deputies concerned received adequate compensation,

1. Thanks the President of the National Assembly for his co-operation and his commitment to helping ensure that the families of the victims concerned are adequately compensated;

2. Stresses again the important human rights principle that victims of violations of their human rights are entitled to know the truth, to enjoy justice and to receive reparation, failing which there can be no just and lasting reconciliation;

3. Trusts, in view of the commitment assumed by the President of the National Assembly, that the Republic of Togo will at least respect the right to reparation;

4. Requests the Secretary General to convey this resolution to the President of the Republic and to the President of the National Assembly;

5. Requests the Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians to continue examining the case and report to it at its next session (April 1998), when it hopes to be in possession of information permitting it to close the case.

Note: you can download a complete electronic version of the brochure "Results of the 98th Conference and related meetings of the Inter-Parliamentary Union" in PDF format (file size approximately 1160K). This version requires Adobe Acrobat Reader, which you can download free of charge.