AFRICAN UNION
UNION AFRICAINE
UNIÃO AFRICANA
African Commission on Human &
Peoples’ Rights
Commission Africaine des Droits de l’Homme
& des Peuples
No. 31 Bijilo Annex Lay-out, Kombo North District, Western Region, P. O. Box 673, Banjul, The Gambia Tel:
(220) 441 05 05 /441 05 06, Fax: (220) 441 05 04 E-mail: au-banjul@africa-union.org; Web www.achpr.org
Status of Implementation of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on
the Rights of Women in Africa
By Justice Lucy Asuagbor
Commissioner, Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa (African Commission on
Human and Peoples’ Rights)
60TH MEETING -COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
18 March 2016
New York
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