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81st Ordinary Session [Public]

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 ACHPR, 2020 Banjul, 23 August 2024; The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the ACHPR) wishes to inform State Parti...

Pre-Session Forum of States Parties Banjul, October 15-16, 2024

Announcements

Invitation to the 1st Edition of the Pre-Session Forum of States Parties to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, Banjul, October 15-16, 2024

Excellencies, Distinguished Representatives of the States Parties to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Righ...

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 human rights promotion mission of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights in the Togolese Republic

Rebuttal of News Article titled “Biafra: Nigeria’s representative at AU Commission blocked our petition – Ekpa Claims”

Oct 08, 2024

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Commission) is deeply concerned by the information circulating in the recently publ...

MEDIA ADVISORY: 81st Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human & Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), 17 October – 6 November 2024

Oct 08, 2024

Statement on the Celebration of the 2024 Edition of International Day of Older Persons

Oct 01, 2024

Press release on the discovery of around thirty lifeless bodies in a boat off the coast of Dakar

Sep 30, 2024

ACHPR Focal Point on the Study on Human and Peoples’ Rights and AI, Robotics and other new technologies convening Consultation Meeting on the Study in Kigali, Rwanda

Sep 30, 2024

Events

80th Ordinary Session [Private]

9/10/2024

79th Ordinary Session [Public], 14 May – 3rd June 2024

9/10/2024

1st Joint Forum of the Special Mechanisms of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, 25 to 27 April 2024 in Dakar, Se...

9/10/2024

78th Ordinary Session [Private]

9/10/2024

77th Ordinary Session [Public]: 20 October – 9 November 2023

9/10/2024

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Resources

Activity Reports

54th and 55th Combined Activity Reports

I.SUMMARY1.The 54th and 55th Combined Activity Reports of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (the Commission or the ACHPR) are pres...

Publications

African Human Rights Yearbook Volume 7 (2023)

Editorial As may be recalled, the African Human Rights Yearbook (AHRY) is a collaborative project by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Ri...

Reports

Declaration on the Promotion of the Role of Human Rights Defenders and their Protection in Africa

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, meeting at its XX Ordinary Session held from XX to XX in Banjul, the Gambia:INSPIRED by the obj...

Activity Reports

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...