African Commission On Human And Peoples Rights
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African values under threat: African Commission must defend them
US anti-rights groups are working against inclusivity, non-racism and decolonisation
eSwatini’s 20 years of constitutionalism characterised by a crackdown on freedom of expression
The country’s revival of the Sedition and Subversion Act is a revival of a colonial law that stifles human rights.
Abolish the death penalty in Africa
The African Court ruling on Tanzania’s mandatory death penalty ruled that sentencing someone to death by hanging violates Article 5 of the African Charte
Little justice for gender-based violence cases in Eswatini
A report details how medical and legal shortages and discrimination curtails survivors’ rights
Why are African countries undermining the rights bodies they created?
African states are starting to withdraw from rights bodies when rulings go against them
UN security council needs A3’s leadership on African crises
International intervention needed in Tigray region of Ethiopia and Anglophone areas of Cameroon
João Rodrigues, apartheid-era crimes and the question of a blanket amnesty
The former Security Branch officer is asking the SCA for a permanent stay of appeal in the prosecution of the murder of Ahmed Timol in 1971
Africa’s Covid-19 response should focus on people’s needs — and rights
The Covid-19 outbreak should not be used as an occasion to diminish human rights, but as an opportunity to reaffirm them