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New Book: A Human Rights Defender’s Guide to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
This book retraces the evolution of the African Commission protection of human rights defenders as evident in its case law, statement, urgent appeals and resolution. This is the first volume to analyse all the interventions of the commission on violations [...]
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Coming Soon
During the 52nd Ordinary Session of the African Commission (9-22 October 2012) IHRDA will also launch the third phase of the Case Law Analyser (CLA): in addition to the existing African human rights mechanisms, the CLA will now include decisions [...]
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New book – Legal Aid in The Gambia
Legal aid in The Gambia: An introduction to law and practice
Access to justice is a fundamental human right. Legal aid is all about providing legal assistance to indigent people to protect their fundamental rights and obtain a fair hearing.
IHRDA is [...]
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ACERWC decision on nationality of Nubian children – summary
In its first ever decision, 002/Com/002/09 IHRDA and OSJI (on behalf of children of Nubian descent in Kenya) v Kenya, the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and
Welfare of the Child has found Kenya to have violated the rights [...]
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Follow IHRDA on social media for updates on 50th African Commission Ordinary Session
For the first time, an Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights will be covered on the Internet social media. During the 50th Ordinary Session, which coincides with the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the [...]
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African Human Rights Case law Analyser receives its 10,000 visitor
African Human Rights Case law Analyser receives its 10,000 visitor
IHRDA celebrates today an important landmark. More than 10,000 people have visited the African Human Rights Case law Analyser since its launch on November 8 2010. The Case law Analyser offers [...]
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Tagged African human rights jurisprudence, Case law Analyser
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Vacancy: Bilingual Publications and Communications Fellowships
IHRDA is a pan-african non-governmental organisation that works to promote awareness of human rights in Africa and improve the effectiveness. We envision a continent where all have access to justice, using national, African and international human rights law and mechanisms. [...]
Read More...Vacancy: IHRDA-ISHR urgently seek consultant to review upcoming publication
The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) and the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) are engaged in a joint project to produce a publication providing information on how the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights [...]
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Celebrating 30 years of the African Charter in publications
As we celebrate the 30 years of the existence of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and reflect on the state of the African Human Rights System, IHRDA is planning a series of publication on various aspects of [...]
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Making Complaints to the African Human Rights System
We publish information on the African Human Rights System.
Making Complaints to the African Human Rights System,
Available November 2010 Continue reading
