This Guide to the African Commission is intended to help NGOs in Africa and other human rights defenders to access the African Commission in support of their work. The African Commission was established under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights to promote human rights and ensure their protection throughout Africa.
All 53 African Union member states have agreed to be bound by the African Charter. The African Commission, established in July 1987, is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Charter. The far-reaching human rights mandate of the Commission provides opportunities for human rights advocacy not only nationally but also regionally. The African Charter sees NGOs playing an important role in the effective functioning of the African human rights system, in particular the promotional and protective work of the African Commission. The mandate of the African Commission, as set out in the African Charter, includes: “encourage national and local institutions concerned with human and peoples’ rights” and “co-operate with other African and international institutions concerned with the promotion and protection” of those rights.
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