TOGO

CASE N° TG/01 - MARC ATIDEPE
CASE N° TG/02 - TAVIO AMORIN
CASE N° TG/03 - GASTON AZIADUVO EDEH

Resolution adopted without a vote by the Inter-Parliamentary Council
at its 163rd session (Moscow, 12 September 1998)

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/163/12(a)-R.1), and to the resolution adopted at its 162nd session (April 1998) 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 Togolese delegation on the occasion of the 100th Inter-Parliamentary Conference,

Also taking into consideration the information provided by the sources on 5 May and 1 July 1998,

Recalling that, by decision N° 1237/MEF/DF/DCO dated 25 November 1997, the Government decided to award compensation of CFA. F 10,000,000 each to the families of Mr. Atidépé, Mr. Amorin and Mr. Edeh and that, according to the Togolese parliamentary authorities, the corresponding sum was transferred to the bank account of the National Assembly on 25 March 1998,

Considering that by letter dated 9 April 1998, the President of the National Assembly contacted Mr. Agboyibo, President of the CAR parliamentary group, to ask him to tell the families concerned that they could collect the compensation granted them from the Questor of the National Assembly,

Considering also that, according to one of the sources, Mr. Agboyibo sent a letter to the heads of the Edeh, Amorin and Atidépé families, inviting them to contact the President of the National Assembly for that purpose; considering that, according to the delegation, the compensation has meanwhile been paid to Mr. Edeh's widow but not yet to the families of the other two victims,

1. Notes with satisfaction that Mr. Edeh's widow has now been paid the compensation;
2. Also notes that this is not yet the case for the families of Mr. Amorin and Mr. Atidépé, and requests the Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians to pursue the matter and report to it at its next session (April 1999), in the hope that by then it will be able to close the case.

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