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Egypt: African Commission Should Act to Protect Rights

The African Commission for Human and Peoples’ Rights should act decisively to address the dire, protracted human rights ...
UNHCR

States must protect stateless refugees and asylum-seekers: UN human rights experts

GENEVA – Ahead of the launch of the Global Alliance to End Statelessness, the Platform of Independent Experts on Refugee Rights (PIERR), a group of UN and regional human rights experts, issued the ...
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Human Rights Day: The story behind the special public holiday

Human Rights Day in South Africa, observed annually on 21 March, is a significant national holiday rooted in the country’s ...
Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch Statement to the 83rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Chairperson, Commissioners, and distinguished delegates, Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to address the 83rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. We ...
The National Interest

Who Needs Human Rights In Africa?

As the United States and its allies attempt to steer a new diplomatic course in Africa amid intensifying geopolitical competition with China and Russia, the idea has steadily gained ground that the ...
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African Commission declares ‘galamsey’ a human rights emergency, cites political complicity

Accra, Oct. 2, GNA – The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) has declared Ghana’s illegal mining crisis, popularly known as galamsey, a human rights emergency. It warned that the ...