Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa

Article 20 Widows' Rights States Parties shall take appropriate legal measures to ensure that widows enjoy all human rights through the implementation of the following provisions:

• Point a
  that widows are not subjected to inhuman, humiliating or degrading treatment;


• Point b
  a widow shall automatically become the guardian and custodian of her children, after the death of her husband, unless this is contrary to the interests and the welfare of the children;


• Point c
  a widow shall have the right to remarry, and in that event, to marry the person of her choice.