African Commission
on Human
& Peoples' Rights
Commission Africaine
des Droits de I'Homme
et des Peuples
PRISONS IN BENIN
REPORT ON A VISIT
23 - 31 AUGUST 1999
BY
PROF. E.V.O. DANKWA
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON PRISONS AND
CONDITIONS OF DETENTION IN AFRICA
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The African Commission on Human and People's Rights is grateful to the
Norwegian Agency for Development Co-operation (NORAD) and
Penal Reform International (PRI) for their support to the programme of the
Special Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention in Africa.
SERIES IV n°6
The reports of the Special Rapporteurs of the African Commission on Human and Peoples
Rights are published under series IV