Dr. Maria Teresa Manuela was unanimously re-elected on 14 July 2023, in Nairobi, to the post of African Commissioner for Human and Peoples' Rights for a six-year term.
The Angolan citizen received 48 votes, zero against and zero abstentions.
The re-election of Dr. Maria Teresa Manuela, Deputy Attorney General of the Republic, posted to the 2nd Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court, to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights took place during the 43rd Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union.
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights has its Secretariat based in Banjul, Gambia, and this important organ of the African Union is responsible for, among other things, promoting and ensuring human and peoples' rights, carrying out studies and research, formulating principles and rules, using research methods and producing reports on specific human rights issues.
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