Michael Gyan Nyarko

Kounkinè Augustin Somé

Polycarp Ngufor Forkum

Armand Tanoh

Meskerem Geset Techane

Satang Nabaneh

Saoyo Tabitha Griffith

Paul Ogendi

Sizakele Hlatshwayo

Sarai Chisala-Tempelhoff

Seun Solomon Bakare

Roopanand Mahadew

Augustine Sorie Marrah

Ofentse Motlhasedi

Linette du Toit

Dumsani Dlamini

Grace Kamugisha Kazoba

Charles Mmbando

Agaba Daphine Kabagambe

Tarisai Mutangi

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 impact of the African Charter and the Maputo Protocol in selected African states

Sarai Chisala-Tempelhoff

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