That the creed of Mandela Center International has always been to stand beside the victims and as it is said in the Holy Scriptures, it is justice that raises a nation;
That the law must always take over all other considerations in a nation;

That faithful to its irreversible commitment to defend the weak, the poor as well as the wealthy, regardless of their social status when faced with injustice, Mandela Center International continues its affirmation internationally;

Mandela Center International has signed important agreements in Koudougou, Burkina Faso, on February 25th, 2018;
That at the end of the various consultations and considering the necessities of service, several human rights defenders will carry the banner of Mandela Center International in several countries:

REPUBLIC OF BURKINA FASO

Coordinator: Mr. DAO LANSANE, Vice-Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission and Human Rights Defender, with residence in Ouagadougou.

Deputy Coordinator No. 1: Mr. Pascal YABRE, Divisional Inspector of the Prison Security Guard and Human Rights Defender, with residence in Bobo-Dioulasso.

Deputy Coordinator N ° 2: Mr. ZONGO TOUWENDINDA, journalist with Mutations (Journal of Investigation) and Human Rights Defender, with residence in Koudougou.

REPUBLIC OF COTE D'IVOIRE

Coordinator: Mr. FOUSSENI BAMBA, Student and Human Rights Defender, with residence in Korhogo.

Deputy Coordinator N ° 1: Mr. ADAMA YEO, teacher at Alassane Ouattara University of Bouaké and Human Rights Defender, with residence in Bouaké;

Deputy Coordinator N ° 2: Mrs Appi Marie-Laure BOUA, Christian Action Framework for the Abolition of Torture and Human Rights Defender, with residence in Abidjan.

REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI

Coordinator: Mr. Godefroid MANIRAMBONA, Barrister at the Burundi Bar association and Human Rights Defender, with residence in Bujumbura.

Deputy Coordinator: Mr. Fidèle NTAKARUTIMANA, Agronomist Engineer and Human Rights Defender, with residence in Bujumbura.

REPUBLIC OF SENEGAL

Coordinator: Mrs FATIMATA, teacher and Human Rights Defender, with residence in Dakar.

Deputy Coordinator: Ms. Yacine BA, Human Rights Defender, with residence in Dakar.

REPUBLIC OF RWANDA

Coordinator: Mr. Epimaque KANAMUGIRE, Promoter of the League of Human Rights in the Great Lakes Region and Human Rights Defender, with residence in Kigali.

Deputy Coordinator: Mrs Anne NIYUHIRE, journalist with Radio Inzamba and Human Rights Defender, with residence in Kigali.

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Coordinator: Mr Arnold DJUMA BATUNDI, Human Rights Defender, with residence in Ngoma, North Kivu.

Deputy Coordinator: Mrs Marie MAZAMBI MBOMBO, Executive at the Observatory of Human Rights and Human Rights Defender, with residence in Kinshasa.

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

Coordinator: Mr KOUNEDJI HERMANN, Senior Movie Maker, Human Rights Defender, with residence at Mpape Maitama Extension, Abuja.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Coordinator: Emmanuel KAMGA, Community Support Worker and Human Rights Defender, with residence in Washington DC.

That several consultants from leading international universities and international human rights experts will accompany Mandela Center International in its missions to promote and protect human rights around the world.

IN VIEW OF ALL THE ABOVE, MANDELA CENTER International:

1. Openly reaffirms that his ideology is and will remain: "When injustice becomes law, resistance is a duty";

2. Clearly endorses the opinion of Bishop Desmond TUTU that "if you are neutral in a situation of injustice, it is because you have chosen the side of the oppressor", all the more "The most powerful weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the spirit of the oppressed, "according to South African Steve Biko;

3. Remain focused on its traditional missions, which revolve around Monitoring-Documentation-Reporting - Prosecution (MDRP) of the human rights in the world: reception of all denunciations relating to the cases of violations of the human rights; the diligence of all necessary investigations; referral to all competent administrative and judicial authorities; taking a clear stand on every case of human rights violations, with particular emphasis on the rights of children and persons deprived of their liberty in the various police and gendarmerie units, prisons;

4. Will continue its work of documentation and archiving of all human rights violations serenely so that the authors clearly answer for their actions when the time comes;

5. Will play its role thoroughly, regardless of political or financial pressure, by now combining systematic prosecution of perpetrators of human rights violations with international pressure;

6. Will continue to use regional and international, jurisdictional and non-judicial mechanisms to seek redress for victims whose internal appeal is either unavailable, ineffective or extends beyond reasonable time;

7. Recalls, with insistence, all modern states that they have sovereign obligations to guarantee the fundamental rights of all citizens, in accordance with international instruments for the protection of human rights;

8. Clearly reassures these thousands of young people and legal professionals who are asking daily to join our ranks that Mandela Center International will set up a progressive platform in all countries to achieve the dream of a society with a human consideration.

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For further information, please contact us at the following addresses: Email: mandelacenter2@gmail.com Or comptoirasssitancejudiciaire@gmail.com Or solutionscameroun@gmail.com

Tél. : (00237) 679 79 81 80 / 678 912 205 / 699 25 87 77

Done at Yaoundé, on 04th July 2018

The Permanent Executive Secretary
Jean Claude Fogno