Human Rights in Africa

Africa: some key web sites• African Union

– http://www.africa-union.org/• African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights

– http://www.achpr.org/english/_info/charter_en.html• African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights

– http://www.achpr.org/• Africa Human Rights Resource Centre (University

of Minnesota Human Rights Library) – is this still current? @ http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/africa/index.html

Treaties and ratification details, speeches etc

Includes link to AU information on Darfur/Sudan and Rights of the Child

Most recent country reports, and activities reports

Treaties•Activity reports including reports from Special Rapporteurs (note full reports appended as annexes)•list of state reports but no full text

Special Rapporteurs/ Subjects

Treaties, conventions etc

A-Z of Human Rights links (NGOs, governments, charities etc) Constitutive Act of the

AU + documents / information re OAU/AU African summit 2002

Country reports and decisions from the UN Human Rights Committee. Possibly out of date? Compilations of treaties,

books and articles on human rights in Africa. Nothing later than 1994.

Report on NGOs in Africa published 1994.

Journal article by J. Oloka-Onyango (1995)