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

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77th Ordinary Session [Public]: 20 October – 9 November 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 ACHPR, 2020 Banjul, 5 September 2023; The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the ACHPR) wishes to inform State Par...

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.

Statement by the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa on the occasion of the International Day for Universal Access to Information 28 September 2023

Sep 28, 2023

The Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa (the Special Rapporteur), on behalf of the African Commission on...

Joint Statement on the occasion of the “Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion” 28 September 2023

Sep 28, 2023

Press Release on the effective deposit by Cameroon of its instruments of ratification of the Protocols to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights relating to the Rights of the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities in Africa

Sep 22, 2023

JOINT PRESS STATEMENT: Expression of Concern by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child over the Ongoing Debate on Female Genital Mutilation in The Gambia

Sep 14, 2023

Press release on the floods in Libya

Sep 13, 2023

Events

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

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

1/10/2023

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...

75th Ordinary Session, Banjul, The Gambia

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

1/10/2023

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

1/10/2023

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

1/10/2023

73rd Public Ordinary Session: October 21 to November 09, 2022

1/10/2023

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Resources

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...

Publications

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...

Publications

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...

Policies

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...

Publications

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

77th Ordinary Session [Public]: 20 October – 9 November 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 ACHPR, 2020 Banjul, 5 September 2023; The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the ACHPR) wishes to inform State Par...

About ACHPR

News

Statement by the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa on the occasion of the International Day for Universal Access to Information 28 September 2023

Joint Statement on the occasion of the “Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion” 28 September 2023

Press Release on the effective deposit by Cameroon of its instruments of ratification of the Protocols to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights relating to the Rights of the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities in Africa

JOINT PRESS STATEMENT: Expression of Concern by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child over the Ongoing Debate on Female Genital Mutilation in The Gambia

Press release on the floods in Libya

Events

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

73rd Public Ordinary Session: October 21 to November 09, 2022

Video

Our Focus

@achpr_cadhp..

Theme of the year

Resources

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

Kuhusu ACHPR

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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 ACHPR, 2020 Banjul, 5 September 2023; The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the ACHPR) wishes to inform State Par...

About ACHPR

News

Events

Video

Our Focus

@achpr_cadhp..

Newsletter

Theme of the year

Resources