The African Human Rights Decade (2017-2027) did not get off to a good start. The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights has been facing a backlash from the African Union Executive Council since granting observer status to the Coalition for African Lesbians in 2015, which has escalated to a...

Human rights developments in the African Union during 2015

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Magnus Killander (1 janv. 2016)

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There were few significant normative developments in the African human rights system during 2015. Draft protocols on the death penalty and the right to nationality were adopted by the African Commission, but whether these will be adopted eventually by the African Union remains to be seen. The Commis...

Human rights developments in the African Union during 2014

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Magnus Killander (1 janv. 2015)

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The year 2014 saw the adoption by the AU Assembly of a protocol providing the African Court with jurisdiction over international crimes, and a revised protocol on the Pan-African Parliament providing it with power to adopt 'model legislation'. With regard to implementation, the Ebola epidemic in Wes...

Human rights developments in the African Union during 2012 and 2013

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Magnus Killander et al. (1 janv. 2014)

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Positive developments in 2012 and 2013 included an increased impetus by the African Commission to reach decisions on petitions submitted to it and measures, such as hearings, to promote the implementation of its decisions. Concerns include the lack of publication of numerous decisions on individual...

Human rights developments in the African Union during 2010 and 2011

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Magnus Killander et al. (1 janv. 2012)

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This article considers human rights developments in the African Union (AU) during 2010 and 2011; two years that saw the work of the leading human rights institution on the African continent, the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (African Commission), stagnate, in particular in its work...

Human rights developments in the African Union during 2009

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Japhet Biegon et al. (1 janv. 2010)

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The year 2009 witnessed numerous human rights developments on the African continent. The African Union added a treaty on the protection of internally displaced persons to its already robust normative human rights framework. The African Commission reviewed and expanded its working groups, extended it...

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Frans Viljoen et al. (1 janv. 2009)

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Human rights developments in the African Union during 2008

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Japhet Biegon et al. (1 janv. 2009)

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The year 2008 saw significant developments towards harnessing the institutional framework for the promotion and protection of human rights in Africa. More financial resources were allocated to the system. The African Commission and Court adopted interim Rules of Procedure which, by the end of the ye...