Recognizing that the twofold objective of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights is to ensure on the one hand promotion and on the other protection of ...

For the purpose of the present Protocol: a) "African Charter" means the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights; b) "African Commission" means ...

The Court shall, bearing in mind the provisions of this Protocol, complement the protective mandate of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. ( ...

It is the strategic framework for delivering on Africa's goal for inclusive and sustainable development and is a concrete manifestation of the pan-African drive ...

Protect the rights of individuals to human dignity and the special rights of children to survival, development and protection, and subject to the provisions of ...

The draft Protocol was introduced during the first Conference on the death penalty in Africa organised by the African Commission and Benin in Cotonou in July ...

Every person with a disability is equal before the law and has the right to equal protection and benefit of the law. 2. Equality includes the full and equal ...

The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of. Women in Africa (Women's Protocol), which entered into force on 25 November ...

Every individual shall be entitled to equal protection of the law. Article 4. Human beings are inviolable. Every human being shall be entitled to respect for ...

English. SDGs: Goal 5: Gender equality. Download PDF. Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. July 2003.