TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF ACRONYMS ........................................................................................ 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................... 3
Preamble ........................................................................................................ 6
PART I: INTERPRETATION .............................................................................. 8
PART II: NATURE OF MEMBER STATES’ OBLIGATIONS ............................ 10
Obligation to Take Measures to Ensure Enjoyment of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
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Obligations to Respect, Protect, Promote and Fulfil............................................. 11
Obligation to respect........................................................................................ 11
Obligation to protect ........................................................................................ 11
Obligation to promote ...................................................................................... 11
Obligation to fulfil ............................................................................................. 12
Resources and Progressive Realisation .............................................................. 12
Immediate Obligations Regarding the Implementation of Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights .................................................................................................................. 13
Minimum Core Obligations .................................................................................. 13
Obligation to Take Steps ..................................................................................... 13
G. Non-discrimination .......................................................................................... 13
Presumption against Retrogressive Measures .................................................... 14
Effective Domestic Remedies .............................................................................. 14
Designing and Implementing a National Policy .................................................... 15
PART III: OTHER KEY OBLIGATIONS ............................................................ 16
Equality ............................................................................................................... 16
International Cooperation .................................................................................... 17
Right to Self-determination of Peoples ................................................................ 17
Engaging with and Respecting the Rights of Civil Society ................................... 18
National Human Rights Institutions...................................................................... 18
State Party Reporting .......................................................................................... 18
PART IV: ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS ENSHRINED IN THE
AFRICAN CHARTER ....................................................................................... 19
Right to Property ........................................................................................... 19
Vulnerable Groups, Equality and Non-Discrimination .......................................... 20
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