African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Article 551.Before each Session, the Secretary of the Commission shall make a list of the communications other than those of States parties to the present Charter and transmit them to the members of the Commission, who shall indicate which communications should be considered by the Commission. 2.A communication shall be considered by the Commission if a simple majority of its members so decide.
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Article 14The right to property shall be guaranteed. It may only be encroached upon in the interest of public need or in the general interest of the community and in accordance with the provisions of appropriate laws.
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Article 14The right to property shall be guaranteed. It may only be encroached upon in the interest of public need or in the general interest of the community and in accordance with the provisions of appropriate laws.
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Rules of Procedure of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights
Rules of Procedure of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
5.Are sent after exhausting local remedies, if any, unless it is obvious that this procedure is unduly prolonged
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Article 71.Every individual shall have the right to have his cause heard. This comprises: (a) the right to an appeal to competent national organs against acts of violating his fundamental rights as recognized and guaranteed by conventions, laws, regulations and customs in force; (b) the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty by a competent court or tribunal; (c) the right to defense, including the right to be defended by counsel of his choice; (d) the right to be tried within a reasonable time by an impartial court or tribunal. 2.No one may be condemned for an act or omission which did not constitute a legally punishable offence at the time it was committed. No penalty may be inflicted for an offence for which no provision was made at the time it was committed. Punishment is personal and can be imposed only on the offender
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
15Article 56Communications relating to human and peoples' rights referred to in 55 received by the Commission, shall be considered if they: 1.Indicate their authors even if the latter request anonymity, 2.Are compatible with the Charter of the Organization of African Unity or with the present Charter, 3.Are not written in disparaging or insulting language directed against the State concerned and its institutions or to the Organization of African Unity, 4.Are not based exclusively on news discriminated through the mass media, 5.Are sent after exhausting local remedies, if any, unless it is obvious that this procedure is unduly prolonged,
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Article 551.Before each Session, the Secretary of the Commission shall make a list of the communications other than those of States parties to the present Charter and transmit them to the members of the Commission, who shall indicate which communications should be considered by the Commission. 2.A communication shall be considered by the Commission if a simple majority of its members so decide.
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Article 56Communications relating to human and peoples' rights referred to in 55 received by the Commission, shall be considered if they: 1.Indicate their authors even if the latter request anonymity, 2.Are compatible with the Charter of the Organization of African Unity or with the present Charter, 3.Are not written in disparaging or insulting language directed against the State concerned and its institutions or to the Organization of African Unity, 4.Are not based exclusively on news discriminated through the mass media, 5.Are sent after exhausting local remedies, if any, unless it is obvious that this procedure is unduly prolonged,
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Article 56Communications relating to human and peoples' rights referred to in 55 received by the Commission, shall be considered if they: 1.Indicate their authors even if the latter request anonymity, 2.Are compatible with the Charter of the Organization of African Unity or with the present Charter, 3.Are not written in disparaging or insulting language directed against the State concerned and its institutions or to the Organization of African Unity, 4.Are not based exclusively on news discriminated through the mass media, 5.Are sent after exhausting local remedies, if any, unless it is obvious that this procedure is unduly prolonged, 6.Are submitted within a reasonable period from the time local remedies are exhausted or from the date the Commission is seized of the matter, and 7.Do not deal with cases which have been settled by these States involved in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, or the Charter of the Organization of African Unity or the provisions of the present Charter.
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Article 56Communications relating to human and peoples' rights referred to in 55 received by the Commission, shall be considered if they: 1.Indicate their authors even if the latter request anonymity, 2.Are compatible with the Charter of the Organization of African Unity or with the present Charter, 3.Are not written in disparaging or insulting language directed against the State concerned and its institutions or to the Organization of African Unity, 4.Are not based exclusively on news discriminated through the mass media, 5.Are sent after exhausting local remedies, if any, unless it is obvious that this procedure is unduly prolonged, 6.Are submitted within a reasonable period from the time local remedies are exhausted or from the date the Commission is seized of the matter, and 7.Do not deal with cases which have been settled by these States involved in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, or the Charter of the Organization of African Unity or the provisions of the present Charter.
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
15Article 56Communications relating to human and peoples' rights referred to in 55 received by the Commission, shall be considered if they: 1.Indicate their authors even if the latter request anonymity, 2.Are compatible with the Charter of the Organization of African Unity or with the present Charter, 3.Are not written in disparaging or insulting language directed against the State concerned and its institutions or to the Organization of African Unity, 4.Are not based exclusively on news discriminated through the mass media
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
15Article 56Communications relating to human and peoples' rights referred to in 55 received by the Commission, shall be considered if they: 1.Indicate their authors even if the latter request anonymity, 2.Are compatible with the Charter of the Organization of African Unity or with the present Charter, 3.Are not written in disparaging or insulting language directed against the State concerned and its institutions or to the Organization of African Unity, 4.Are not based exclusively on news discriminated through the mass media
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
5.Are sent after exhausting local remedies, if any, unless it is obvious that this procedure is unduly prolonged,
147/95_149/96 Sir Dawda K. Jawara v Gambia (The)
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
5.Are sent after exhausting local remedies, if any, unless it is obvious that this procedure is unduly prolonged
147/95_149/96 Sir Dawda K. Jawara v Gambia (The)
147/95_149/96 Sir Dawda K. Jawara v Gambia (The)
275/03 Article 19 v Eritrea
299/05 Anuak Justice Council v Ethiopia
221/98 Alfred B. Cudjoe v Ghana
Communication 254/02 - Mouvement des réfugiés mauritaniens au Sénégal pour la defense des droits de l'Homme c. Sénégal
Sankara vs. Burkina Faso (2006)
221/98 Alfred B. Cudjoe v Ghana
Communication 268/03 - Ilesanmi c. Nigeria
Communication 254/02 - Mouvement des réfugiés mauritaniens au Sénégal pour la defense des droits de l'Homme c. Sénégal
Sankara vs. Burkina Faso (2006)
48/90-50/91-52/91-89/93 - Amnesty International, Comité Loosli Bachelard, Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights, Association of Members of the Episcopal Conference of East Africa v Sudan
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
5.Are sent after exhausting local remedies, if any, unless it is obvious that this procedure is unduly prolonged,
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
5.Are sent after exhausting local remedies, if any, unless it is obvious that this procedure is unduly prolonged,
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
103/93 Alhassan Abubakar v Ghana
212/98 Amnesty International v Zambia
103/93 Alhassan Abubakar v Ghana
212/98 Amnesty International v Zambia
215/98 Rights International v Nigeria
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
5.Are sent after exhausting local remedies, if any, unless it is obvious that this procedure is unduly prolonged,
97/93_14AR John K. Modise v Botswana
44/90 Peoples' Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism v The Gambia
71/92 : Rencontre Africaine pour la Défence des Droits de l'Homme (RADDHO) v Zambia
Sankara vs. Burkina Faso (2006)
71/92 : Rencontre Africaine pour la Défence des Droits de l'Homme (RADDHO) v Zambia
Sankara vs. Burkina Faso (2006)
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Article 56Communications relating to human and peoples' rights referred to in 55 received by the Commission, shall be considered if they: 1.Indicate their authors even if the latter request anonymity, 2.Are compatible with the Charter of the Organization of African Unity or with the present Charter, 3.Are not written in disparaging or insulting language directed against the State concerned and its institutions or to the Organization of African Unity, 4.Are not based exclusively on news discriminated through the mass media, 5.Are sent after exhausting local remedies, if any, unless it is obvious that this procedure is unduly prolonged, 6.Are submitted within a reasonable period from the time local remedies are exhausted or from the date the Commission is seized of the matter, and 7.Do not deal with cases which have been settled by these States involved in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, or the Charter of the Organization of African Unity or the provisions of the present Charter.
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Article 14The right to property shall be guaranteed. It may only be encroached upon in the interest of public need or in the general interest of the community and in accordance with the provisions of appropriate laws.
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Article 14The right to property shall be guaranteed. It may only be encroached upon in the interest of public need or in the general interest of the community and in accordance with the provisions of appropriate laws.
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Article 161. Every individual shall have the right to enjoy the best attainable state of physical and mental health. 2. States parties to the present Charter shall take the necessary measures to protect the health of their people and to ensure that they receive medical attention when they are sick.
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Article 181. The family shall be the natural unit and basis of society. It shall be protected by the State which shall take care of its physical health and moral. 2. The State shall have the duty to assist the family which is the custodian or morals and traditional values recognized by the community. 3. The State shall ensure the elimination of every discrimination against women and also ensure the protection of the rights of the woman and the child as stipulated in international declarations and conventions. 4. The aged and the disabled shall also have the right to special measures of protection in keeping with their physical or moral needs.
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Article 1The Member States of the Organization of African Unity parties to the present Charter shall recognize the rights, duties and freedoms enshrined in this Chapter and shall undertake to adopt legislative or other measures to give effect to them.
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
rticle 14The right to property shall be guaranteed. It may only be encroached upon in the interest of public need or in the general interest of the community and in accordance with the provisions of appropriate laws.
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Article 181. The family shall be the natural unit and basis of society. It shall be protected by the State which shall take care of its physical health and moral. 2. The State shall have the duty to assist the family which is the custodian or morals and traditional values recognized by the community. 3. The State shall ensure the elimination of every discrimination against women and also ensure the protection of the rights of the woman and the child as stipulated in international declarations and conventions. 4. The aged and the disabled shall also have the right to special measures of protection in keeping with their physical or moral needs.
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Article 161. Every individual shall have the right to enjoy the best attainable state of physical and mental health. 2. States parties to the present Charter shall take the necessary measures to protect the health of their people and to ensure that they receive medical attention when they are sick.
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Article 161. Every individual shall have the right to enjoy the best attainable state of physical and mental health. 2. States parties to the present Charter shall take the necessary measures to protect the health of their people and to ensure that they receive medical attention when they are sick.
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Article 181. The family shall be the natural unit and basis of society. It shall be protected by the State which shall take care of its physical health and moral. 2. The State shall have the duty to assist the family which is the custodian or morals and traditional values recognized by the community. 3. The State shall ensure the elimination of every discrimination against women and also ensure the protection of the rights of the woman and the child as stipulated in international declarations and conventions. 4. The aged and the disabled shall also have the right to special measures of protection in keeping with their physical or moral needs.
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Article 181. The family shall be the natural unit and basis of society. It shall be protected by the State which shall take care of its physical health and moral. 2. The State shall have the duty to assist the family which is the custodian or morals and traditional values recognized by the community. 3. The State shall ensure the elimination of every discrimination against women and also ensure the protection of the rights of the woman and the child as stipulated in international declarations and conventions. 4. The aged and the disabled shall also have the right to special measures of protection in keeping with their physical or moral needs.
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Article 14The right to property shall be guaranteed. It may only be encroached upon in the interest of public need or in the general interest of the community and in accordance with the provisions of appropriate laws.
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Article 14The right to property shall be guaranteed. It may only be encroached upon in the interest of public need or in the general interest of the community and in accordance with the provisions of appropriate laws.
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Article 14The right to property shall be guaranteed. It may only be encroached upon in the interest of public need or in the general interest of the community and in accordance with the provisions of appropriate laws.
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Article 181. The family shall be the natural unit and basis of society. It shall be protected by the State which shall take care of its physical health and moral. 2. The State shall have the duty to assist the family which is the custodian or morals and traditional values recognized by the community. 3. The State shall ensure the elimination of every discrimination against women and also ensure the protection of the rights of the woman and the child as stipulated in international declarations and conventions.
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Article 161. Every individual shall have the right to enjoy the best attainable state of physical and mental health. 2. States parties to the present Charter shall take the necessary measures to protect the health of their people and to ensure that they receive medical attention when they are sick.
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Article 14The right to property shall be guaranteed. It may only be encroached upon in the interest of public need or in the general interest of the community and in accordance with the provisions of appropriate laws.
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Article 14The right to property shall be guaranteed. It may only be encroached upon in the interest of public need or in the general interest of the community and in accordance with the provisions of appropriate laws.
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Article 14The right to property shall be guaranteed. It may only be encroached upon in the interest of public need or in the general interest of the community and in accordance with the provisions of appropriate laws.
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Article 14The right to property shall be guaranteed. It may only be encroached upon in the interest of public need or in the general interest of the community and in accordance with the provisions of appropriate laws.
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Article 14The right to property shall be guaranteed. It may only be encroached upon in the interest of public need or in the general interest of the community and in accordance with the provisions of appropriate laws.
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Article 14The right to property shall be guaranteed. It may only be encroached upon in the interest of public need or in the general interest of the community and in accordance with the provisions of appropriate laws.
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Article 14The right to property shall be guaranteed. It may only be encroached upon in the interest of public need or in the general interest of the community and in accordance with the provisions of appropriate laws.
54/91_61/91_96/93_98/93_164/97 _196/97 _210/98 Malawi African Association, Amnesty International, Ms Sarr Diop, Union Interafricaine des Droits de l'Homme and RADDHO, Collectif des Veuves et Ayants-Droit, Association Mauritanienne des Droits de l'Homme v Mauritania
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Article 14The right to property shall be guaranteed. It may only be encroached upon in the interest of public need or in the general interest of the community and in accordance with the provisions of appropriate laws.
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Article 14The right to property shall be guaranteed. It may only be encroached upon in the interest of public need or in the general interest of the community and in accordance with the provisions of appropriate laws.
Communication 155/96 - Social and Economic Rights Action Center (SERAC) et Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) c. Nigeria
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Article 14The right to property shall be guaranteed. It may only be encroached upon in the interest of public need or in the general interest of the community and in accordance with the provisions of appropriate laws.
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Article 14The right to property shall be guaranteed. It may only be encroached upon in the interest of public need or in the general interest of the community and in accordance with the provisions of appropriate laws.
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Article 161. Every individual shall have the right to enjoy the best attainable state of physical and mental health. 2. States parties to the present Charter shall take the necessary measures to protect the health of their people and to ensure that they receive medical attention when they are sick.
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Article 181. The family shall be the natural unit and basis of society. It shall be protected by the State which shall take care of its physical health and moral. 2. The State shall have the duty to assist the family which is the custodian or morals and traditional values recognized by the community. 3. The State shall ensure the elimination of every discrimination against women and also ensure the protection of the rights of the woman and the child as stipulated in international declarations and conventions. 4. The aged and the disabled shall also have the right to special measures of protection in keeping with their physical or moral needs.
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Article 14The right to property shall be guaranteed. It may only be encroached upon in the interest of public need or in the general interest of the community and in accordance with the provisions of appropriate laws.
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Article 161. Every individual shall have the right to enjoy the best attainable state of physical and mental health. 2. States parties to the present Charter shall take the necessary measures to protect the health of their people and to ensure that they receive medical attention when they are sick.
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
4The right to property shall be guaranteed. It may only be encroached upon in the interest of public need or in the general interest of the community and in accordance with the provisions of appropriate laws.
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
Article 25 1. Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Article 161. Every individual shall have the right to enjoy the best attainable state of physical and mental health. 2. States parties to the present Charter shall take the necessary measures to protect the health of their people and to ensure that they receive medical attention when they are sick.
Communication 155/96 - Social and Economic Rights Action Center (SERAC) et Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) c. Nigeria
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Article 14 The right to property shall be guar anteed. It may only be encroached upon in the interest of public need or in the general interest of the community and in accordance with the provisions of appropriate laws.
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Article 181. The family shall be the natural unit and basis of society. It shall be protected by the State which shall take care of its physical health and moral.
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Article 161. Every individual shall have the right to enjoy the best attainable state of physical and mental health. 2. States parties to the present Charter shall take the necessary measures to protect the health of their people and to ensure that they receive medical attention when they are sick.
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Article 181. The family shall be the natural unit and basis of society. It shall be protected by the State which shall take care of its physical health and moral. 2. The State shall have the duty to assist the family which is the custodian or morals and traditional values recognized by the community. 3. The State shall ensure the elimination of every discrimination against women and also ensure the protection of the rights of the woman and the child as stipulated in international declarations and conventions. 4. The aged and the disabled shall also have the right to special measures of protection in keeping with their physical or moral needs.
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Article 161. Every individual shall have the right to enjoy the best attainable state of physical and mental health. 2. States parties to the present Charter shall take the necessary measures to protect the health of their people and to ensure that they receive medical attention when they are sick.
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Article 1The Member States of the Organization of African Unity parties to the present Charter shall recognize the rights, duties and freedoms enshrined in this Chapter and shall undertake to adopt legislative or other measures to give effect to them.
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Article 1The Member States of the Organization of African Unity parties to the present Charter shall recognize the rights, duties and freedoms enshrined in this Chapter and shall undertake to adopt legislative or other measures to give effect to them.
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
1The Member States of the Organization of African Unity parties to the present Charter shall recognize the rights, duties and freedoms enshrined in this Chapter and shall undertake to adopt legislative or other measures to give effect to them
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Article 1The Member States of the Organization of African Unity parties to the present Charter shall recognize the rights, duties and freedoms enshrined in this Chapter and shall undertake to adopt legislative or other measures to give effect to them.
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Article 1The Member States of the Organization of African Unity parties to the present Charter shall recognize the rights, duties and freedoms enshrined in this Chapter and shall undertake to adopt legislative or other measures to give effect to them
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Article 1The Member States of the Organization of African Unity parties to the present Charter shall recognize the rights, duties and freedoms enshrined in this Chapter and shall undertake to adopt legislative or other measures to give effect to them.
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Article 1The Member States of the Organization of African Unity parties to the present Charter shall recognize the rights, duties and freedoms enshrined in this Chapter and shall undertake to adopt legislative or other measures to give effect to them
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Article 161. Every individual shall have the right to enjoy the best attainable state of physical and mental health. 2. States parties to the present Charter shall take the necessary measures to protect the health of their people and to ensure that they receive medical attention when they are sick.
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Article 1The Member States of the Organization of African Unity parties to the present Charter shall recognize the rights, duties and freedoms enshrined in this Chapter and shall undertake to adopt legislative or other measures to give effect to them
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Article 181. The family shall be the natural unit and basis of society. It shall be protected by the State which shall take care of its physical health and moral. 2. The State shall have the duty to assist the family which is the custodian or morals and traditional values recognized by the community. 3. The State shall ensure the elimination of every discrimination against women and also ensure the protection of the rights of the woman and the child as stipulated in international declarations and conventions. 4. The aged and the disabled shall also have the right to special measures of protection in keeping with their physical or moral needs.
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Article 14The right to property shall be guaranteed. It may only be encroached upon in the interest of public need or in the general interest of the community and in accordance with the provisions of appropriate laws
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
225/98 Huri - Laws v Nigeria
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Article 14The right to property shall be guaranteed. It may only be encroached upon in the interest of public need or in the general interest of the community and in accordance with the provisions of appropriate laws.
225/98 Huri - Laws v Nigeria
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
Charte Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Charte de Banjul)
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
2. Ensure the protection of human and peoples' rights under conditions laid down by the present Charte
Rules of Procedure of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights
n the event of a decision against a 2. State Party, the parties shall inform the Commission in writing, within one hundred and eighty (180) days of being informed of the decision in accordance with paragraph one, of all measures, if any, taken or being taken by the State Party to implement the decision of the Commission.
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Article 14The right to property shall be guaranteed. It may only be encroached upon in the interest of public need or in the general interest of the community and in accordance with the provisions of appropriate laws
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Article 161. Every individual shall have the right to enjoy the best attainable state of physical and mental health. 2. States parties to the present Charter shall take the necessary measures to protect the health of their people and to ensure that they receive medical attention when they are sick.
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Article 181. The family shall be the natural unit and basis of society. It shall be protected by the State which shall take care of its physical health and moral. 2. The State shall have the duty to assist the family which is the custodian or morals and traditional values recognized by the community. 3. The State shall ensure the elimination of every discrimination against women and also ensure the protection of the rights of the woman and the child as stipulated in international declarations and conventions. 4. The aged and the disabled shall also have the right to special measures of protection in keeping with their physical or moral needs.
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Article 1The Member States of the Organization of African Unity parties to the present Charter shall recognize the rights, duties and freedoms enshrined in this Chapter and shall undertake to adopt legislative or other measures to give effect to them