DOC/OS(XXXIII)/324c/I 52 Saturday Children Item Men Women 6 months - 1 1 - 3 years year Maize meal 200g 130g 040g 060g Bread Brown 210g 180g 030g 075g Soup powder 040g 040g - 005g Fish 150g 150g 060g 030g Tea 004g 004g 004g 004g Milk powder 025g 025g 050g 020g Margarine 040g 040g 010g 010g Salt 015g 015g 003g 003g Sugar 050g 050g 010g 010g Fresh fruit - - 075g 070g Fresh vegetables 250g 250g - 200g Curry 005g 005g - - Pepper 002g 002g - - Vinegar 020m1 020m1 - - Cooking Oil 050m1 050m1 - - The Mechanism of the Special Rapporteur The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR, hereafter the Commission) is an organ of the African Union (AU). The Commission's function is to monitor the implementation and respect of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights. The Commission convenes twice a year for sessions during which the main points of its mandate and progress made by member States for a better implementation of the Rights protected by the Charter are discussed. In accordance with its mandate under Article 45 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, the Commission established during it's 20th session in Mauritius, in October 1996, the position of Special Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention in Africa. Commissioner Prof. E.V.O. Dankwa (Ghana), was appointed as the first Special Rapporteur. His mandate was renewed in 1998 and in 1999, he was elected Chairperson of the ACHPR. During its 28th ordinary session in Benin, in October 2000, the Commission nominated Commissioner Dr. Vera M. Chirwa, at the post of Special Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention in Africa. The terms of reference for the work of the Special Rapporteur have been set by the Commission as follows: Methods of work The Special Rapporteur shall: o examine the state of prisons and conditions of detention in Africa and make recommendations with a view to improving them;