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The African Charter is a human rights document made up of 68 articles carved up into four sections—Human and Peoples' Rights; Duties; Procedure of the Commission; and Applicable Principles. It merges the three clusters of rights, namely, civil and political rights, economic, social, and cultural rights, and group and peoples' rights.
The human-rights situation in Benin is considered to be generally above average for sub-Saharan Africa.. A 2012 U.S. report commended Benin "for continuing the transition to democracy" and applauded "the legislative work of recent years to pass and enforce laws regarding domestic violence against women, official corruption, torture, and other crimes", as well as "the establishment of human ...
Article 16 of the Arusha Accords had provided for the establishment of the International Commission of Investigation on Human Rights Violations in Rwanda since October 1, 1990, which made some progress toward reconciliation, but was sidelined by the 1994 Genocide. The National Unity and Reconciliation Commission was established in March 1999 as ...
The CHRDA started as a Cameroonian human rights organisation called the Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Cameroon.In 2005, after discussions with colleagues from other parts of Africa and from the United States (US), the group added regional offices in Sierra Leone and the US and changed its name to the Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa.
The Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan is a United Nations commission of inquiry established by the United Nations Human Rights Council. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Established through Resolution 31/20 on 23 March 2016, the Commission is mandated to monitor and investigate human rights violations in South Sudan .
FILE- People pass the News Corporation headquarters building and Fox News studios in New York on Aug. 1, 2017. New York City's human rights commission has fined Fox News $1 million for violation ...
Angola has long been severely criticized for its human rights record. A 2012 report by the U.S. Department of State said, "The three most important human rights abuses [in 2012] were official corruption and impunity; limits on the freedoms of assembly, association, speech, and press; and cruel and excessive punishment, including reported cases of torture and beatings as well as unlawful ...
Human Rights Watch said on Thursday that Israel has killed thousands of Palestinians in Gaza by denying them clean water which it says legally amounts to acts of genocide and extermination. Israel ...