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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.

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85th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human & Peoples’ Rights

85th Ordinary Session [Public]

  • 21/10/2025 - 30/10/2025

Convened in terms of Article 64 (2) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, read together with Rule 28 of the Rules of Procedure of the...

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84th Private Ordinary Session
  • 21/07/2025 - 30/07/2025
83rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human & Peoples’ Rights
83rd Ordinary Session [Public]
  • 2/05/2025 - 22/05/2025
Press release on the human rights promotion mission of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights in the Togolese Republic
82nd Ordinary Session [Private]
  • 25/02/2025 - 11/03/2025
Urgent call for the cessation of multiple rights violations against the Benet Mosopisyek Community in the Republic of Uganda
37th Extra-Ordinary Session
  • 2/12/2024 - 6/12/2024

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