64 relations: 'Neile Alina 'Mantoa Fanana, ACHP, African Charter for Popular Participation in Development and Transformation, African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, African Governance Architecture, African Union, African Union law, Bineta Diop, Cape Party, Capital punishment in Sudan, Chapter Two of the Constitution of South Africa, Child labour in Swaziland, Child sacrifice in Uganda, Constitution of Cameroon, Constitution of Chad, Constitution of Mali, Customary law in South Africa, Dama Dramani, Defamation, Economic, social and cultural rights, Ekila Liyonda, Equal pay for equal work, Ex post facto law, FEMNET, Foreign relations of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Freedom of speech, Gender equality, Hassan Bubacar Jallow, History of Katanga, Human rights, Human rights and development, Human rights and encryption, Human rights education, Human rights in Burundi, Human rights in Mauritania, Human rights in Niger, Human rights in Nigeria, International human rights instruments, International human rights law, Joël Gustave Nana Ngongang, June 1981, LGBT rights in Malawi, Linguistic rights, List of linguistic rights in African constitutions, Maputo Protocol, Maroko, Lagos, Ministry of Justice of Cameroon, Palestinian right of return, Recognition of same-sex unions in Nigeria, ..., Regional human rights regimes, Right to a fair trial, Right to development, Right to education, Right to food, Right to housing, Right to work, Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act 2006, Slavery in Niger, Three generations of human rights, Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting), United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379, Zionism, Zone 9 bloggers. Expand index (14 more) »
'Neile Alina 'Mantoa Fanana
'Neile Alina 'Mantoa Fanana (born 1945) is a Lesotho lawyer.
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ACHP
ACHP may refer to.
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African Charter for Popular Participation in Development and Transformation
The African Charter for Popular Participation in Development and Transformation was adopted in February 1990 at the "International Conference on Popular Participation in the Recovery and Development Process in Africa", Arusha, Tanzania.
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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (also called the ACRWC or Children's Charter) was adopted by the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 1990 (in 2001, the OAU legally became the African Union) and was entered into force in 1999.
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African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) is a quasi-judicial body tasked with promoting and protecting human rights and collective (peoples') rights throughout the African continent as well as interpreting the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and considering individual complaints of violations of the Charter.
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African Governance Architecture
The African Governance Architecture (AGA) is a mechanism for dialogue between stakeholders that are mandated to promote good governance and bolster democracy in Africa.
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African Union
The African Union (AU) is a continental union consisting of all 55 countries on the African continent, extending slightly into Asia via the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.
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African Union law
African Union law is the body of law comprising treaties, resolutions and decisions that have direct and indirect application to the member States of the African Union (AU).
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Bineta Diop
Bineta Diop is a Senegalese women's rights activist.
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Cape Party
The Cape Party (CAPE) is a political party in South Africa which seeks to use all constitutional and legal means to bring about independence for the Western Cape, Northern Cape (excluding two districts), six municipalities in the Eastern Cape, and one municipality in the Free State.
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Capital punishment in Sudan
Capital punishment in Sudan is legal under Article 27 of the Sudanese Criminal Act 1991.
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Chapter Two of the Constitution of South Africa
Chapter Two of the Constitution of South Africa contains the Bill of Rights, a human rights charter that protects the civil, political and socio-economic rights of all people in South Africa.
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Child labour in Swaziland
Child labour in Swaziland is a controversial issue that affects a large portion of the country's population.
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Child sacrifice in Uganda
In Sub-Saharan Africa, "the practice of ritual killing and human sacrifice continues to take place...
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Constitution of Cameroon
The Constitution of Cameroon is the supreme law of the Republic of Cameroon.
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Constitution of Chad
The Constitution of the Republic of Chad (Constitution de la République du Tchad) is the supreme law of Chad.
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Constitution of Mali
The 1992 Constitution of Mali was approved by a referendum on 12 January 1992 after being drawn up by a national conference in August 1991.
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Customary law in South Africa
South African customary law refers to a usually uncodified legal system developed and practised by the indigenous communities of South Africa.
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Dama Dramani
Dama Dramani (born 1944, CENI website (retrieved July 28, 2008).) is a Togolese politician who has been President of the National Assembly of Togo since 2013.
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Defamation
Defamation, calumny, vilification, or traducement is the communication of a false statement that, depending on the law of the country, harms the reputation of an individual, business, product, group, government, religion, or nation.
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Economic, social and cultural rights
Economic, social and cultural rights are socio-economic human rights, such as the right to education, right to housing, right to adequate standard of living, right to health and the right to science and culture.
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Ekila Liyonda
Adrienne Ekila Liyonda (16 October 1948 – 23 June 2006) was a Zairean (now DRC) politician who served as ambassador to Belgium and was the country's first female Foreign minister.
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Equal pay for equal work
Equal pay for equal work is the concept of labor rights that individuals in the same workplace be given equal pay.
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Ex post facto law
An ex post facto law (corrupted from) is a law that retroactively changes the legal consequences (or status) of actions that were committed, or relationships that existed, before the enactment of the law.
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FEMNET
FEMNET, also called the African Women's Development and Communication Network, is an organization established in 1988 to promote women's development in Africa.
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Foreign relations of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
The foreign relations of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) are conducted by the Polisario Front, which maintains a network of representation offices and embassies in foreign countries.
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Freedom of speech
Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or sanction.
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Gender equality
Gender equality, also known as sexual equality, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making; and the state of valuing different behaviors, aspirations and needs equally, regardless of gender.
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Hassan Bubacar Jallow
Hassan Bubacar Jallow (born 14 August 1951) is a Gambian judge who has served as Chief Justice of the Gambia since February 2017.
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History of Katanga
This is a history of Katanga Province and the former independent State of Katanga, as well as the history of the region prior to colonization.
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Human rights
Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, December 13, 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,, Retrieved August 14, 2014 that describe certain standards of human behaviour and are regularly protected as natural and legal rights in municipal and international law.
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Human rights and development
Human rights and development aims converge in many instances and are beneficial only to the government and not the people although there can be conflict between their different approaches.
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Human rights and encryption
Human rights applied to encryption is an important concept for freedom of expression as encryption is a technical resource of implementation of basic human rights.
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Human rights education
The Advocates for Human Rights Organization defined human rights education as the learning process that builds up the required knowledge, values, and proficiency of human rights.
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Human rights in Burundi
Burundi is governed as a presidential representative democratic republic, with an estimated population of 10,557,259.
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Human rights in Mauritania
Human rights in Mauritania is generally seen as poor according to international observers, including Freedom House, the United States Department of State, and Amnesty International.
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Human rights in Niger
According to the Republic of Niger's Constitution of 1999, most human rights, as defined by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, are upheld and protected.
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Human rights in Nigeria
Human rights in Nigeria are protected under the most current constitution of 1999.
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International human rights instruments
International human rights instruments are treaties and other international documents relevant to international human rights law and the protection of human rights in general.
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International human rights law
International human rights law (IHRL) is the body of international law designed to promote human rights on social, regional, and domestic levels.
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Joël Gustave Nana Ngongang
Joël Gustave Nana Ngongang (1982-2015), frequently known as Joel Nana, was a leading African LGBT human rights advocate and HIV/AIDS activist.
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June 1981
The following events occurred in June 1981.
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LGBT rights in Malawi
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Malawi face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents.
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Linguistic rights
Linguistic rights are the human and civil rights concerning the individual and collective right to choose the language or languages for communication in a private or public atmosphere.
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List of linguistic rights in African constitutions
Linguistic rights in Africa are stated in constitutions which differ by country.
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Maputo Protocol
The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, better known as the Maputo Protocol, guarantees comprehensive rights to women including the right to take part in the political process, to social and political equality with men, improved autonomy in their reproductive health decisions, and an end to female genital mutilation.
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Maroko, Lagos
Maroko was a community in Eti-Osa, Lagos State, Nigeria.
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Ministry of Justice of Cameroon
The Ministry of Justice of Cameroon is the Department responsible for administering the Cameroon justice system.
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Palestinian right of return
The Palestinian right of return (حق العودة, Ḥaqq al-ʿawda; זכות השיבה, zkhut hashivah) is the political position or principle that Palestinian refugees, both first-generation refugees (c. 30,000 to 50,000 people still alive as of 2012)"According to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency – the main body tasked with providing assistance to Palestinian refugees – there are more than 5 million refugees at present.
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Recognition of same-sex unions in Nigeria
Nigeria recognizes neither same-sex marriages nor civil unions for same-sex couples.
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Regional human rights regimes
Regional human rights regimes are relatively independently coherent human rights sub-regimes.
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Right to a fair trial
A trial which is observed by trial judge or by jury without being partial is a fair trial.
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Right to development
The right to development was first recognized in 1981 in Article 22 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights as a definitive individual and collective right.
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Right to education
The right to education has been recognized as a human right in a number of international conventions, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights which recognizes a right to free, compulsory primary education for all, an obligation to develop secondary education accessible to all, in particular by the progressive introduction of free secondary education, as well as an obligation to develop equitable access to higher education, ideally by the progressive introduction of free higher education.
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Right to food
The right to food, and its non variations, is a human right protecting the right for people to feed themselves in dignity, implying that sufficient food is available, that people have the means to access it, and that it adequately meets the individual's dietary needs.
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Right to housing
The right to housing is the economic, social and cultural right to adequate housing and shelter.
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Right to work
The right to work is the concept that people have a human right to work, or engage in productive employment, and may not be prevented from doing so.
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Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act 2006
The Act to Make Provisions for the Prohibition of Relationship Between Persons of the Same Sex, Celebration of Marriage by Them, and for Other Matters Connected Therewith, also known as the Same Sex (Prohibition) Act 2006, was a controversial draft bill that was first put before the both houses of the National Assembly of Nigeria in early 2007.
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Slavery in Niger
Slavery in Niger involves a number of different practices which have been practiced in the Sahel region for many centuries and which persist to this day.
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Three generations of human rights
The division of human rights into three generations was initially proposed in 1979 by the Czech jurist Karel Vasak at the International Institute of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
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Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting)
Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) represents formal changes and reforms regarding women's rights.
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United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379, adopted on 10 November 1975 by a vote of 72 to 35 (with 32 abstentions), "determine that Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination".
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Zionism
Zionism (צִיּוֹנוּת Tsiyyonut after Zion) is the national movement of the Jewish people that supports the re-establishment of a Jewish homeland in the territory defined as the historic Land of Israel (roughly corresponding to Canaan, the Holy Land, or the region of Palestine).
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Zone 9 bloggers
The Zone 9 bloggers are a blogging group from Ethiopia, who maintain a blog in Amharic.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Charter_on_Human_and_Peoples'_Rights