This paper deals with the African Commission on Human and People's Rights, its core functiions, major achievements and failures.
Since its inception in 1963, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) now African Union (AU) concentrated all its efforts on dismantling the relics of colonialism and fighting apartheid, consequently relegating the promotion and protection of individual as well as group rights to a secondary position and priority was instead given to the security and inviolability of states at the expense of individual liberty. The Continent was consequently not at the same wavelength in terms of Human Rights with the other continents, especially the west.
Table of Contents
- The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
- The mandate of the condition
- Core Functions of the commission
- The secretariat
- Achievements and successes of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights
- Major challenges and failures of the commission
- Recommendations
- Conclusion
Objectives and Key Themes
This text aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, its role in promoting and protecting the rights of Africans, and its impact on the African continent.
- The establishment and evolution of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
- The mandate and core functions of the commission
- The achievements and successes of the commission in promoting and protecting human rights
- The challenges and failures faced by the commission in its work
- Recommendations for strengthening the commission's effectiveness
Chapter Summaries
The text begins by outlining the context for the establishment of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, highlighting the shortcomings of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in addressing human rights issues. It then delves into the commission's formation, structure, and mandate, emphasizing its role in promoting and protecting human and peoples' rights across the African continent.
The text further explores the commission's core functions, including its responsibilities in collecting information, conducting research, and providing guidance to governments. It also examines the commission's achievements and successes in advancing human rights, highlighting its contributions to the protection of individual and collective rights.
Finally, the text addresses the major challenges and failures faced by the commission, acknowledging the difficulties it has encountered in fulfilling its mandate. It concludes by offering recommendations for strengthening the commission's effectiveness and ensuring its continued relevance in promoting and protecting human rights in Africa.
Keywords
The key terms and concepts explored in this text include the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, human rights, peoples' rights, African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, promotion, protection, monitoring, challenges, failures, recommendations, African Union, Organization of African Unity, and international human rights law.
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- Kwesi Nyarkoh Koomson (Author), 2013, The African Commission on Human and People's Rights. Core functions, achievements and failures, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/339678
