 Special rapporteur on the rights of women in Africa  Working group on indigenous populations/communities Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa     Mandate:  To assist African governments in the development and implementation of policies and programmes for the promotion and the protection of the rights of women  To monitor the implementation of the Maputo Protocol  To collaborate with all actors involved in the protection of the rights of women at all level  To formulate recommendations for a better protection of the rights of women to the State Parties of the Maputo Protocol and to the ACHPR Examples of achievements  Draft directives for the presentation of the State report on the Maputo Protocol  Close collaboration with NGOs, among which Forest Peoples Program who developped a Toolkiton the rights of Indigenous women and the African system  Press releases, verbal notes, conferences and workshops on the promotion and protection of the rights of women, and advocacy to the States for the ratification of the Maputo Protocol  To date: 19 country visits: Algeria, Angola, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Congo, Djibuti, Ethiopia, Liberia, Libya, Niger, Nigeria, Mauritania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sao Tome&Principe, Sudan, Chad, Tunisia Working group on indigenous populations/communities  Created in 2000  Mandate:  Collect, ask for, receive and share information and communications from all relevant sources, including governments, indigenous populations and their communities and organisations, on the violations of their human rights and fundamental freedoms;  Country visits to examine the situation of human rights of indigenous populations/communities;  Formulate recommendations and propositions on measures and activities aimed at preventing and countering violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous populations/communities.