The impact of the African Charter and the Maputo Protocol in selected African states
Edited by Victor Oluwasina Ayeni
2016
ISBN: 978-1-920538-47-7
Pages: 331
Print version: Available
Electronic version: Free PDF available
About the publication
The year 2016 was declared by the African Union as the African ‘Year of Human Rights with Particular Focus on the Rights of Women’ to commemorate and celebrate significant milestones in the realisation of human rights on the African continent. The year marks the 35th anniversary of the adoption of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Charter), 30th year since coming into force of the African Charter and 10 years since the inauguration of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
Since its adoption, the African Charter has been supplemented by the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol). All AU member states (with the exception of new comer South Sudan) are state parties to the African Charter, and 36 of them have accepted the Maputo Protocol.
This book assesses the impact and effectiveness of the African Charter and the Maputo Protocol in 17 African countries, namely Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. The book is the result of research conducted by selected alumni of the Centre for Human Rights’ LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa programme.
The Centre for Human Rights, which in 2016 is also celebrating 30 years of human rights education, intends to use this research as the basis for a continuously updated database on the impact of the African Charter and Maputo Protocol.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Victor Oluwasina Ayeni
- Burkina Faso
Kounkinè Augustin Somé - Cameroon
Polycarp Ngufor Forkum - Côte d’Ivoire
Kounkinè Augustin Somé
Armand Tanoh - Ethiopia
Meskerem Geset Techane - The Gambia
Satang Nabaneh - Ghana
Michael Gyan Nyarko - Kenya
Saoyo Tabitha Griffith
Paul Ogendi - Lesotho
Sizakele Hlatshwayo - Malawi
Sarai Chisala-Tempelhoff
Seun Solomon Bakare - Mauritius
Meskerem Geset Techane
Roopanand Mahadew - Nigeria
Victor Oluwasina Ayeni - Sierra Leone
Augustine Sorie Marrah - South Africa
Ofentse Motlhasedi
Linette du Toit - Swaziland
Dumsani Dlamini
Sizakele Hlatshwayo - Tanzania
Grace Kamugisha Kazoba
Charles Mmbando - Uganda
Agaba Daphine Kabagambe - Zimbabwe
Tarisai Mutangi - Conclusion
Victor Oluwasina Ayeni
Bibliography
Questionnaire used for the study
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