State party SENEGAL Case Suleymane Guengueng and others, 181/2001 Nationality and country of removal if applicable N/A Views adopted on 17 May 2006 Issues and violations found Failure to prosecute - articles 5, paragraph 2, and 7 Interim measures granted and State party response N/A Remedy recommended In pursuance of rule 112, paragraph 5, of its rules of procedure, the Committee requests the State party to inform it, within 90 days of the date of the transmittal of this decision, of the steps it has taken in response to the views expressed above. Due date for State party response 16 August 2006 Date of reply 17 June 2008 (had previously responded on 18 August, 28 September 2006, 8 March 2007 and 31 July 2007) State party response On 18 August 2006, the State party denied that it had violated the Convention, and reiterated its arguments on the merits, including its argument on article 5 that under the Convention a State party is not obliged to meet its obligations within a particular time. The extradition request was dealt with under national law applicable between the State party and States with which it does not have an extradition treaty. It stated that any other way of handling this case would have violated national law. The integration of article 5 into domestic law is in its final stage and the relevant text would be examined by the Legislative Authority. To avoid possible impunity, the State party submitted that it had deferred the case to the African Union for consideration, thus avoiding a violation of 126