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PRESS RELEASE: Meeting for Validation of Study on the Impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous Peoples in Africa 20-21 November 2023, Windhoek, Namibia

15 November 2023, Banjul, The Gambia – The Secretariat of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the ...

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Final Communiqué of the 77th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

ARUSHA, TANZANIA 20OCTOBER – 9 NOVEMBER 2023 1. In accordance with Article 64(2) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Charter), read together with Rule 27 of the Rules of Procedure (2020) of the African Commission on H...

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Joint Statement on Support for an International Treaty on Tax Cooperation and Resources for Financing Social and Public Services

As human rights mechanisms of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) responsible for the promotion of economic, social and cultural rights and collective rights of peoples we express our grave concern over the regressions being e...

Press release: Mission to promote human rights in the Togolese Republic

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Statement by the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa on the Occasion of the "International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women"

25 November 2022, Banjul, the Republic of The Gambia The Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa, Ho...

About ACHPR

The African Charter established the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. The Commission was inaugurated on 2 November 1987 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Commission’s Secretariat has subsequently been located in Banjul, The Gambia.

Press Release on the Joint Retreat between the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (The Commission) and the African Union Permanent Representatives Committee (COREP)

Dec 07, 2023

The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (the Commission) and the Permanent Representatives Committee of the African Union (PRC), represe...

Press Release on World AIDS Day 2023

Dec 02, 2023

Press release on the Ornano Stadium tragedy in Brazzaville

Nov 30, 2023

Statement by the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa on the Occasion of the "International Day for the elimination of violence against women"

Nov 25, 2023

PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The Outcome of the Meeting to Validate the Study on the Impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous Populations/Communities in Africa, held 20-21 November 2023, Windhoek, Namibia

Nov 23, 2023

Events

77th Ordinary Session [Public]: 20 October – 9 November 2023 (Physically in Arusha, Republic of Tanzania)

9/12/2023

Convened in terms of Article 64 (2) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, read together with Rule 27 of the Rules of Procedure of the...

76th Ordinary Session [Private]: 19 July - 2 August 2023

9/12/2023

75th Ordinary Session, Banjul, The Gambia

75th Ordinary Session [Public]: 3–23 May 2023

9/12/2023

Urgent call for the cessation of multiple rights violations against the Benet Mosopisyek Community in the Republic of Uganda

74th Ordinary Session [Private]: 21 Feb - 7 Mar 2023

9/12/2023

36th Extra-Ordinary Session [Private]: Jan 09, 2023

9/12/2023

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52nd and 53rd Combined Activity Reports

I. SUMMARY 1. The 52nd and 53rd Combined Activity Reports of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission or the ACHPR) is pr...

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Guidelines on adhering to human and peoples’ rights under the African Charter in the context of states of emergency or disaster

Times of emergencies or disaster present the most challenging circumstances as far as respect for and the protection and promotion of human rights a...

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African Human Rights Yearbook Volume 6 (2022)

The three institutions making up the African regional human rights system, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the African Commission on...

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ACHPR 2021 – 2025 Strategic Plan

1. Contextual Background1.1 Global State of Human Rights Africa operates within a global ecosystem. It affects and is impacted upon by the geopoliti...

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Rules on the establishment and operation of the Alert and Reporting Mechanism to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights on situations of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Abidjan Rules

PRESS RELEASE: Meeting for Validation of Study on the Impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous Peoples in Africa 20-21 November 2023, Windhoek, Namibia

15 November 2023, Banjul, The Gambia – The Secretariat of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the ...

Final Communiqué of the 77th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

ARUSHA, TANZANIA 20OCTOBER – 9 NOVEMBER 2023 1. In accordance with Article 64(2) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Charter), read together with Rule 27 of the Rules of Procedure (2020) of the African Commission on H...

Joint Statement on Support for an International Treaty on Tax Cooperation and Resources for Financing Social and Public Services

As human rights mechanisms of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) responsible for the promotion of economic, social and cultural rights and collective rights of peoples we express our grave concern over the regressions being e...

Statement by the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa on the Occasion of the "International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women"

25 November 2022, Banjul, the Republic of The Gambia The Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa, Ho...

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Press Release on the Joint Retreat between the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (The Commission) and the African Union Permanent Representatives Committee (COREP)

Press Release on World AIDS Day 2023

Press release on the Ornano Stadium tragedy in Brazzaville

Statement by the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa on the Occasion of the "International Day for the elimination of violence against women"

PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The Outcome of the Meeting to Validate the Study on the Impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous Populations/Communities in Africa, held 20-21 November 2023, Windhoek, Namibia

Events

77th Ordinary Session [Public]: 20 October – 9 November 2023 (Physically in Arusha, Republic of Tanzania)

76th Ordinary Session [Private]: 19 July - 2 August 2023

75th Ordinary Session [Public]: 3–23 May 2023

74th Ordinary Session [Private]: 21 Feb - 7 Mar 2023

36th Extra-Ordinary Session [Private]: Jan 09, 2023

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52nd and 53rd Combined Activity Reports

Guidelines on adhering to human and peoples’ rights under the African Charter in the context of states of emergency or disaster

African Human Rights Yearbook Volume 6 (2022)

ACHPR 2021 – 2025 Strategic Plan

Rules on the establishment and operation of the Alert and Reporting Mechanism to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights on situations of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Abidjan Rules

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15 November 2023, Banjul, The Gambia – The Secretariat of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the ...

ARUSHA, TANZANIA 20OCTOBER – 9 NOVEMBER 2023 1. In accordance with Article 64(2) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Charter), read together with Rule 27 of the Rules of Procedure (2020) of the African Commission on H...

As human rights mechanisms of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) responsible for the promotion of economic, social and cultural rights and collective rights of peoples we express our grave concern over the regressions being e...

25 November 2022, Banjul, the Republic of The Gambia The Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa, Ho...

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