We are indeed very pleased to announce that Sheila B. Keetharuth, IHRDA's former Executive Director, was appointed as the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation…
Brice Martial DjeugoueOctober 19, 2012
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…
Brice Martial DjeugoueOctober 3, 2012
The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights was drafted in Banjul, The Gambia, from June 1980 to January 1981. During the 18th General Assembly…
Brice Martial DjeugoueOctober 1, 2012
The African Charter on Rights and Welfare of The Child (ACRWC) was adopted in July 1990 during the 26th Assembly of Heads of State and…
Brice Martial DjeugoueOctober 1, 2012
The Economic Community of West African States Treaty was signed by 15 West African Heads of State on 28 May 1975 in Lagos, Nigeria. The…
Brice Martial DjeugoueOctober 1, 2012
The Southern African Development Community Treaty came into existence by virtue of a declaration made by the Heads of State and government of Southern Africa,…
Brice Martial DjeugoueOctober 1, 2012
The East Africa Community Treaty was signed on 30 November 1999 in Arusha, Tanzania by the Heads of its five Member States - Burundi, Rwanda,…
Brice Martial DjeugoueOctober 1, 2012
General explanation The African Commission came into existence on 21 October 1986 and is the oldest human rights complaint-handling body in Africa. The Commission is…
Brice Martial DjeugoueOctober 1, 2012
General explanation The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) is the first and only child rights treaty body…
Brice Martial DjeugoueOctober 1, 2012
