Historical Organization
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
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Organization Timeline
African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights enters into force
📅 21 October 1986The African Charter became binding on states that had ratified it. Its entry into force created a regional human-rights framework that recognized peoples’ rights and development, while the gap between...
African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights enters into force
📅 21 October 1986After the required ratifications, the Charter became binding for its parties. Article 5 prohibits slavery, the slave trade, torture, and degrading treatment. The instrument gave regional legal force...
AU adopts the Maputo Protocol on women’s rights
📅 11 July 2003The African Union adopted the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa. Women’s movements and advocates had pressed for protections on equality, health, political participation and freedom from...
African Commission adopts regional resolution on reparations
📅 9 November 2022The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights adopted Resolution 543, encouraging member states to advance reparatory justice for the transatlantic slave trade, colonialism and related...
African human-rights commission reaffirms remedies for historic mass crimes
📅 18 November 2022The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights adopted resolution ACHPR/Res.543(LXXIII)2022, affirming that accountability and remedies for historical mass crimes, including slavery and...