The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights was inaugurated on November 2, 1987 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Commission's Secretariat has subsequently been located in Banjul, The Gambia.
The Commission was inaugurated on November 2, 1987
Origin of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
Mandate of the Commission
Article 45 of the Charter sets out the mandate of ACHPR
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Adoption of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections, Governance e.t.c.
Strategic Plan.
Revitalised mandate and capacity of the Commission..
The summary of activities performed over a given period.
Rule of procedure
Rules of Procedure adopted by the ACHPR
The Commission consists of 11 members elected by the AU Assembly from experts...
The Commission consists of 11 members elected by the AU..
Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of ACHPR.
The Secretary of the Commission and other support staff...
Info. & Doc. Centre
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The major roles of the ACHPR Commissioners..
The Eleven (11) Commissioners elected by the AU Assembly..
Past Commissioners
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NHRIs & NGOs play prominent role in the activities of ACHPR.
NGOs draws the attention of the Commission to violations.
NHRIs
NHRIs are statutory bodies established by governments.
Special Mechanisms
Communications Procedure
Guidelines for submitting complaints
Decisions on Communications
African Charter
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Reporting Procedures and Guidelines
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This section provides the full overview of key Initiative and programme documents
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This section provides overview of the Adopted Resolutions
Intersession Activity Reports
List of the Intersession Activity Reports of the ACHPR...
This is the full overview of Mission Reports
The full overview of the Decisions on Communications.
Special Mechanisms Reports
This section provides lists of Special Mechanisms Reports
This section provides the full overview of Document Center
This section provides the full overview of Key Documents.
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This section provides the full overview of Publications.
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Sudan: 4th and 5th Periodic Reports, 2008-2012
The government of Sudan presents "in these reports, a synopsis of the major gains made in the area of promotion and protection of human rights in the Sudan. This is supported by the efforts of the State at the legislative, judicial and executive levels to protect of human rights at a time when the Sudan was facing a lot of challenges and difficulties. All that did not deter the Sudan from pursuing its efforts resolutely in promoting human rights and improving its cooperation with the various players at the national, regional and international levels through enacting legislations and adopting of measures and initiatives in this respect."
"Final Observations
Promotion and protection of human rights in the Sudan represents top priority. Despite the unprecedented challenges mentioned in these reports, the National Administration remains firm in its efforts to tackle them and achieve the lofty objectives and principles of human rights;
The Sudanese Government through these reports, seeks to highlight its efforts to honour its commitments it has always repeated, to improve the status of human rights in the country. The Government hopes that through achieving these objectives, it would move forward the national efforts aimed at the promotion and protection of human rights on the ground by evaluating developments and challenges, exchange of the best practices and expansion of areas of cooperation with the Commission. The Government further hopes that it has come up with constructive recommendations and made commitments that will impact positively on the improvement of the human rights status in the Sudan in fulfillment of what we all aspire to, when this Commission was established as an effective tool for improving the human rights status in all African countries.
The Government of the Sudan wishes to reiterate that all the points raised by the Commission when reviewing the Sudan's Report for the period 2003 – 2008 havebeen seriously addressed. The Government equally wishes to stress that the points under reference have been positively dealt with in the Report and that most of them have been either implemented or will be implemented in due course as mentioned in the Report.
Statistics contained in these reports reflect the efforts being made by the State within the context of its various developmental processes."
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) is one of the organs of the African Union (AU) as set out by The African Charter
Good Practises