La Commission africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples (Commission afri-caine) a été confrontée à de graves menaces pour son indépendance et son autonomie ces dernières années. Notamment, en juin 2018, le Conseil exécutif de l’Union africaine (UA), lors de sa 33ème session ordinaire à Nouakchott, Mauritanie, a déclaré en vertu du paragraphe 5 …
The African Commission on Human & Peoples’ Rights held a 66th Ordinary Session from 13 July to 7 August 2020. Due to the ongoing COVID19 pandemic the session was held virtually and as expected focused on the pandemic. Even though marred by a few glitches that hindered effective participation, the session was successful given the …
Processus d’adoption du Règlement intérieur 2020 La Commission africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples (la Commission) souhaite informer le grand public de la disponibilité de son nouveau Règlement intérieur de 2020 (Règlement 2020).Le Règlement a été adopté lors de la 27ème Session extraordinaire de la Commission, tenue du 19 février au 4 mars …
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On August 8, 2018, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) stripped the Coalition of African Lesbians (CAL) of its observer status following decisions by the African Union Executive Council that called on the ACHPR to consider “African values” when reviewing applications for observer status. The ACHPR’s decision to withdraw CAL’s observer status comes after years of advocacy efforts by CAL to obtain that status, and follows a drawn-out process before the ACHPR that has been marred by discriminatory statements on the part of both the continent’s human rights oversight body and the political organs of the African Union
The latest African Union (AU) Summit, held in Nouakchott, Mauritania, from 25 June..
Decision 1015 aims to pull the carpet from under the African Charter system. The reason why these very states in 1981 created the African Charter was to establish a system of independent oversight over the human rights enjoyed by the people of Africa. The African Commission as autonomous interpreter of the African Charter was placed at the core of this system. The principle of the rule of law – both at national and at AU level — requires that executives respect judiciaries’ interpretative function. By insisting that its own interpretation of the Charter overrides that of the Commission, the Executive Council has not only undermined the Commission’s autonomy, but also subverted the AU’s internal rule of law.
