Draft Declaration on the Commemoration of the 40th Anniversary of the Adoption of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
(E=English; A=Arabic; F=French; P=Portuguese)
Date
2021-02-04Author
African Union
Type
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The African Charter is the backbone of the African human rights system. It contributes to the corpus of international human rights in its recognition of the universality, interdependence and indivisibility of human rights, on one hand, and the juxtaposition of individual and collective rights, and duties, on the other hand.
Reference
EX.CL/1259(XXXVIII)AnnexSubject
African Charter on Human and Peoples’ RightsIndivisibility
Universality
Humanitarian Law
Displaced Persons
Refugee Populations
Notes
Executive Council Thirty-Eight Ordinary Session Videoconference 03 - 04 February 2021 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia