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STATEMENT ON THE OCCASION OF THE INTERNATIONAL DAY IN SUPPORT OF VICTIMS OF TORTURE

In line with its usual practice, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission) and its Committee for the Prevention of Torture in Africa (CPTA) join the international community ...

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Press Release on the 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE ADOPTION OF THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission), will on Monday 28 June 2021, launch the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights ...

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Statement by the Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum-Seekers, Internally Displaced Persons and Migrants in Africa on the occasion of the Celebration of World Refugee Day, 2

Statement by the Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum-Seekers, Internally Displaced Persons and Migrants in Africa on the occasion of the Celebration of World Refugee Day, 2021 ...

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Press Release on the Arbitrary Arrest and Detention of 21 LGBT + Human Rights Defenders in Ghana

Press Release on the Arbitrary Arrest and Detention of 21 LGBT + Human Rights Defenders in Ghana ...

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Press Statement on the official launch of the Commission of Inquiry on the Tigray Region in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission), in accordance with its mandate of promotion and protection of human rights in Africa under Article 45 of the African Charter on ...

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Statement on Letter of Urgent Appeal to the Federal Republic of Nigeria

On 09 June 2021, the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa and the Commission’s country rapporteur on the human rights situation in Nigeria transmitted a ...

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