African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR)
Commission africaine des droits de l'homme et des peuples (CADHP)
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Founded
1981-06-26 Banjul Gambia
History
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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 514 organizations, including:
- G-XJ4280 - Action internationale pour la paix et le développement dans la région des Grands Lacs, Switzerland (AIPD-GL);
- G-XG1796 - Advocates for Human Rights;
- J-XJ7703 - Africa Disability Alliance (ADA);
- F-XJ7664 - Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC);
- U-XG2285 - Africa Human Rights and Justice Protection Network (AHRJP);
- F-XF6175 - Africa Legal Aid (AFLA);
- D-XD1001 - African Association of International Law (AAIL);
- D-XD7302 - African Bar Association (AFBA);
- E-XE1093 - African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies (ACDHRS);
- G-XN8764 - African Centre for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (ACTV);
- F-XM2962 - African Child Policy Forum (ACPF);
- G-XD5054 - African Commission of Health and Human Rights Promoters (ACHHRP);
- U-XG6310 - African Institute for Democracy;
- D-XD5730 - African Jurists' Association (AJA);
- F-XF0543 - African Network for Integrated Development (ANID);
- F-XF0834 - African Network for Prevention and Protection Against Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN);
- G-XJ7341 - African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum (APCOF);
- G-XG1389 - African Studies Association (ASA);
- D-XD1546 - African Union of the Blind (AFUB);
- C-XC0029 - Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Organization (AAPSO);
- G-XG9267 - Agence de diffusion du droit international humanitaire en Afrique centrale (ADDIHAC);
- G-XG7676 - Agir ensemble pour les droits humains;
- J-XJ9981 - AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA);
- D-XD0036 - All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC);
- G-XG8011 - Alliances for Africa (AfA);
- B-XB0054 - Amnesty International (AI);
- C-XD0058 - Anti-Slavery International;
- E-XE0182 - Arab Institute for Human Rights (AIHR);
- D-XD4247 - Arab Lawyers' Union (ALU);
- D-XD9700 - Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR);
- G-XG9303 - Arab Programme for Human Rights Activists (APHRA);
- E-XF0012 - ARTICLE 19;
- B-XE2863 - Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT);
- F-XF5401 - Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF);
- E-XE3488 - Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS);
- U-XG9079 - Centre africain pour la démocratie, les droits de l'homme et la protection des détenus (CADEPROD);
- G-XG9080 - Centre africain pour l'éducation aux droits humains (CAEDHU);
- E-XJ0838 - Centre Afrika Obota (CAO);
- G-XG6251 - Center for Civil and Human Rights, Notre Dame IN (CCHR);
- G-XG7741 - Centre for Human Rights, Pretoria;
- G-XM6619 - Centre d'Information et de Formation en matière de Droits Humains en Afrique (CIFDHA);
- E-XF3339 - Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL);
- F-XF3276 - CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation;
- F-XF0062 - Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI);
- D-XD0006 - Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA);
- F-XM0627 - Dignity International;
- F-XJ1015 - Eastern Africa Centre for Constitutional Development (Kituo Cha Katiba);
- J-XJ9982 - Eastern Africa Journalists Association (EAJA);
- G-XM2501 - Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR);
- G-XN6676 - English International Association of Lund;
- F-XF3215 - Equality Now;
- G-XG2862 - Equitas - International Centre for Human Rights Education;
- D-XM8248 - Federation of African Journalists (FAJ);
- G-XM4085 - Feinstein International Center (FIC);
- F-XF5923 - Femmes Africa solidarité (FAS);
- F-XF1740 - FIAN International;
- F-XJ8501 - Forest Peoples Programme (FPP);
- G-XG1156 - Foundation for Women's Health Research and Development (FORWARD);
- F-XF3144 - Franciscans International (FI);
- G-XG1605 - Fund for Peace (FFP);
- G-XJ6031 - Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR);
- F-XM2543 - Global Network for Good Governance (GNGG);
- F-XF0233 - HelpAge International;
- G-XG8862 - Human Rights First;
- F-XF4158 - Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems, International (HURIDOCS);
- F-XF1399 - Human Rights Internet (HRI);
- F-XF2418 - Human Rights Watch (HRW), especially its Africa Division;
- C-XC2112 - Humanists International;
- E-XM3678 - Indigenous Peoples of Africa Co-ordinating Committee (IPACC);
- G-XG6196 - Institut des droits de l'homme, Lyon (IDHL);
- G-XG1109 - Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA);
- F-XF1978 - International Alert;
- D-XD4118 - International Association for Democracy in Africa;
- B-XC3615 - International Association of Young Lawyers;
- F-XF1134 - International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN);
- C-XC1451 - International Catholic Child Bureau;
- E-XE4219 - International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL);
- B-XB1550 - International Commission of Jurists (ICJ);
- F-XF1623 - International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC);
- C-XD1401 - International Federation of ACATs - Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture;
- B-XD1841 - International Federation for Human Rights;
- F-XG9033 - Front Line Defenders (FLD);
- G-XF2982 - International Human Rights Association of American Minorities (IHRAAM);
- F-XF3831 - International Institute of Human Rights - Fondation René Cassin (IIHR);
- C-XC6735 - International Organization for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (EAFORD);
- B-XB2343 - PEN International;
- C-XD2692 - International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT);
- F-XF0356 - International Service for Human Rights (ISHR);
- C-XF0109 - International Society for Human Rights (ISHR);
- E-XE3238 - International Trade Union Confederation - African Regional Organization;
- U-XK0618 - International Training Centre on Human Rights and Peace Teaching, Geneva;
- F-XF4515 - International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA);
- F-XF4221 - IPAS Africa Alliance;
- G-XM4084 - Kataliko Action for Africa (KAF);
- G-XG9288 - Ligue des droits de la personne humaine dans la région des Grands-Lacs (LDGL);
- G-XG2806 - Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights (MFHR);
- F-XF6942 - Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA);
- E-XE2124 - Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA);
- F-XF0172 - Minority Rights Group International (MRG);
- F-XJ9986 - Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI);
- U-XG9007 - Pan African Movement (PAM);
- E-XF2089 - Panos Network - Eastern Africa;
- F-XB3085 - Pax Romana, International Catholic Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs (ICMICA);
- F-XF1656 - Penal Reform International (PRI);
- D-XM3475 - Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (RECOWA);
- G-XG4465 - Rencontre africaine pour la défense des droits de l'homme (RADDHO);
- F-XF5485 - Reporters sans frontières (RSF);
- G-XM6204 - Reprieve;
- D-XJ6701 - Réseau des Défenseurs des Droits Humains en Afrique Centrale (REDHAC);
- F-XF3167 - Sightsavers International;
- D-XJ6557 - Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC);
- D-XM8121 - Southern African Development Community Lawyers Association;
- E-XF2957 - Southern African Research and Documentation Centre (SARDC);
- F-XJ9985 - Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA);
- F-XF3037 - Study and Research Group on Democracy, Economic and Social Development in Africa (GERDDES-Africa);
- F-XF0007 - Survival International;
- G-XG9077 - Swedish Foundation for Human Rights (SFHR);
- G-XJ2602 - Third World Network-Africa (TWN Africa);
- F-XG6455 - WaterAid;
- F-XF5770 - West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP);
- D-XM8111 - West African Bar Association (WABA);
- G-XM6620 - West African Institute for Legal Aid (WAILA);
- D-XJ6559 - West African Human Rights Defenders' Network (WAHRDN);
- G-XM0435 - Witness;
- F-XF5369 - Women in Law and Development in Africa-Afrique de l'Ouest (WiLDAF-AO);
- F-XF1143 - Women and Law in Southern Africa Research Trust (WLSA);
- F-XF7017 - World Coalition Against the Death Penalty;
- F-XC3477 - World Federalist Movement - Movement for a Just World Order through a Strengthened United Nations (WFM);
- F-XF0854 - World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT);
- B-XB3604 - World University Service (WUS).
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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