TOGOLESE REPUBLIC Work-Liberty-Fatherland 6th, 7th and 8th PERIODIC REPORTS OF THE STATE OF TOGO ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS (Article 62 of the Charter) August 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................. 14 PART ONE ........................................................................................................................................ 15 OVERALL LEGAL FRAMEWORK ON HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION . .............................. 15 PART TWO ...................................................................................................................................... 17 NATIONAL MEASURES ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHARTER . ........................ 17 Articles 2 and 3 : The right to the enjoyment of rights and freedoms recognised and guaranteed by the Charter without distinction of any kind and equality before the law .......................................... 17 Article 4 : The protection of the right to life ..................................................................................... 17 The Death Penalty .............................................................................................................................. 17 Articles 6 : The right to liberty and to the security of the person, prohibition from arrests or arbitrary detentions .......................................................................................................................................... 20 a) The right to liberty and to the security of the person ............................................................. 20 30. See information in §12 and 13. ............................................................................................... 20 b) Prohibition of Arbitrary Arrests : ............................................................................................... 25 Article 7 : The right to have one’s cause heard, presumption of innocence, the right to defence and to be tried within a reasonable time, the principle of the legality of offences and penalties ............ 26 a) The right to justice ..................................................................................................................... 26 b) The right of presumption of innocence ...................................................................................... 26 b) The right to defence ................................................................................................................... 28 d) The right of of an individual to be tried within a reasonable time ............................................... 28 e) The principle of the legality of offences and penalties . ................................................................ 30 Article 8 : The freedom of conscience, the profession and free practice of religion. ........................ 30 Article 9 : The right to information, to expression and dissemination of one’s opinions .................. 31 Articles 10 and11 : The freedom of association, assembly and demonstration ................................. 34 Article 12 : The freedom of movement, the status of a refugee, asylum seeker and the status of a foreigner ............................................................................................................................................ 35 a) Freedom of movement ............................................................................................................... 35 b) Refugees and asylum seekers ....................................................................................................... 35 c) The status of a foreigner electing domicile in Togo. ..................................................................... 38 Article 13 : The right to participate in the government of one’s country and to have access to public service of the country ........................................................................................................................ 38 a) The right to participate in the government of one’s country ..................................................... 38 b) The right to suffrage .................................................................................................................. 38 c) The right to vote ........................................................................................................................ 39 c) The conditions for eligibility ..................................................................................................... 39 d) The 2015 Presidential Polls ....................................................................................................... 39 e) The 2015 Election Campaigns .................................................................................................... 40 e) The Legislative Elections of July 2013 ..................................................................................... 41 2 g) Electoral Campaigns for the Legislative Elections of July 2013 .................................................. 41 Article 14 : The right to property ...................................................................................................... 43 Article 15 : The right to work : equality of working conditions and salaries ............................... 44 Article 16 : The right to enjoy the best attainable state of physical and mental health and social security .............................................................................................................................................. 45 1. The National Health Policy (NHP) ................................................................................................ 45 1.1 The National Health Policy Implementation Framework ....................................................... 46 1.2 - Development of the Health System ..................................................................................... 46 1.3- The National Pharmaceutical Policy ......................................................................................... 47 1.4- Health Financing :....................................................................................................................... 48 1.4.1-Budgetary Allocations for trhe Health Sector between 2011 and 2015 ................................... 49 2-The Provision and Use of Services ................................................................................................ 49 2.1- The Administrative Set-up ......................................................................................................... 49 2.2-Service Delivery ......................................................................................................................... 50 2.2.1-The Public Health Sector ......................................................................................................... 50 2.2.2-The Private Health Sector ........................................................................................................ 51 2.2.3-Situation of the Cabanon .......................................................................................................... 51 3-Health Coverage ............................................................................................................................ 55 4-Human Resources ........................................................................................................................... 56 5-Health Situation ............................................................................................................................. 59 5.1-Preventable Diseases by Immunisation ...................................................................................... 60 5.2-Maternal and Child Health .......................................................................................................... 60 5.3-The Status of Immunisation : ...................................................................................................... 63 5.4-HIV/AIDS ................................................................................................................................... 63 5.5-Tuberculosis ................................................................................................................................ 67 5.6-Malaria ........................................................................................................................................ 67 5.7-Measles, Cholera and Meningitis ............................................................................................... 68 8-Diarrhoeal Diseases ....................................................................................................................... 69 5.9-Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). ......................................................................................... 69 5.10-Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). ..................................................................................... 69 5.11-Malnutrition and Nutritional Deficit ......................................................................................... 70 7-Hygiene and Sanitation .................................................................................................................. 71 6.1-Status of Sanitation Management in the Lomé Commune .......................................................... 72 6.1.1-Inspection Activities ...............................................................................................................