Can the virtual sessions of the African Commission generate more civil society participation?
The first ever virtual session, triggered by a pandemic, may have just heralded a potential future of more accessible and inclusive ACHPR sessions.
October 2020
Bottomline Africa – Human Rights scorecard
On Africa Human Rights Day, Dr. Japhet Biegon of Amnesty International speaks on the state of human rights and regional mechanisms in Africa. He raises concern that AU member states undermine the mechanism and are uncooperative.
Regional human rights bodies struggle to uphold rights amid political headwinds
For a second consecutive year, Amnesty International has documented how African governments are grossly undermining regional human rights bodies by failing to comply with their decisions…