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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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The African Commission expresses deep shock about the death of more than 80 civilians in Northern Kaduna, Nigeria from a drone strike
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Commission), through its Country Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the...
Events

77th Ordinary Session [Public]: 20 October – 9 November 2023 (Physically in Arusha, Republic of Tanzania)
- 11/12/2023
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...