The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (also known as the Banjul Charter) is an international human rights instrument that is intended to promote and protect human rights and basic freedoms in the African continent.
Oversight and interpretation of the Charter is the task of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, which was set up in 1987 and is now headquartered in Banjul, Gambia. A protocol to the Charter was subsequently adopted in 1998 whereby an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights was to be created. The protocol came into effect on 25 January 2005.
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The African Charter helped to steer Africa
from the age of human wrongs into a new age of human rights. It
opened up Africa to supra-national accountability. The Charter sets
standards and establishes the groundwork for the promotion and
protection of human rights in Africa. Since its adoption 30 years ago,
the Charter has formed the basis for individuals to claim rights in an
international forum. The Charter also dealt a blow to state sovereignty
by emphasising that human rights violations could no longer be swept
under the carpet of ‘internal affairs’.
| States which have Signed & Ratified | 53 | |
| States which have signed but not ratified | 0 | |
| States that didn't yet signed or ratified | 1 |
Ratification Table
A detailed grid with reservation indicators and dates of signature, ratification and deposition.
See also
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
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