African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR)
Commission africaine des droits de l'homme et des peuples (CADHP)
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1981-06-26 Banjul Gambia
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Promote human and peoples' rights; ensure protection of these rights under conditions laid down by the Charter; interpret all provisions of the Charter; perform all tasks which may be entrusted to it by the Assembly of Heads of States and Governments.
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Observer status granted to: E-XE3879 - Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), replacing H-XC3983 - Agence intergouvernementale de La Francophonie; C-XC0376 - Commonwealth Secretariat. Instrumental in setting up: F-XF6450 - African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (AfCHPR). Cooperates with: E-XE3387 - United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). Links with: E-XE2442 - European Commission (EC); E-XE0429 - Human Rights Committee (CCPR).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Observer status granted to organizations, including:
- F-XF0543 - African Network for Integrated Development (ANID);
- G-XG6251 - Center for Civil and Human Rights, Notre Dame IN (CCHR);
- G-XG7741 - Centre for Human Rights, Pretoria;
- F-XF0062 - Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI);
- D-XD0006 - Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA);
- F-XJ1015 - Eastern Africa Centre for Constitutional Development (Kituo Cha Katiba);
- G-XM2501 - Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR);
- G-XN6676 - English International Association of Lund;
- F-XJ8501 - Forest Peoples Programme (FPP);
- G-XG1156 - Foundation for Women's Health Research and Development (FORWARD);
- F-XF4158 - Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems, International (HURIDOCS);
- F-XF2418 - Human Rights Watch (HRW), especially its Africa Division;
- G-XG6196 - Institut des droits de l'homme, Lyon (IDHL);
- F-XF3831 - International Institute of Human Rights - Fondation René Cassin (IIHR);
- E-XF2089 - Panos Network - Eastern Africa;
- F-XF5485 - Reporters sans frontières (RSF);
- G-XM6204 - Reprieve;
- F-XF3037 - Study and Research Group on Democracy, Economic and Social Development in Africa (GERDDES-Africa);
- G-XG9077 - Swedish Foundation for Human Rights (SFHR);
- F-XF5770 - West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP);
- G-XM0435 - Witness.
Links with: G-XG2159 - Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom; G-XG2845 - Magnus Hirschfield Center for Human Rights; G-XG1606 - Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law; G-XJ9878 - Under The Same Sun (UTSS).
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XE0982
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