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Information and Research - King Hussein Foundation
4 April، 2023

A Guide to Using the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa for Legal Action

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Summary

This manual promotes the use of the groundbreaking human rights instrument,the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa. It is a guide that provides step-by-step guidance for using the Protocol at local,national,and regional levels. It explains how to bring women’s rights abuses that violate the Protocol before domestic courts and regional justice mechanisms like the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. It also provides an analysis of certain violations of the Women’s Rights Protocol to assist practitioners in drafting complaints on these issues. The manual summarizes key cases on issues relevant to women’s rights decided by the African Commission and other relevant regional or international human rights mechanisms to give practitioners a sense of international and regional jurisprudence on women’s rights. It also highlights more general strategies that can be employed for the domestication and popularization of the Women’s Rights Protocol.

Languages
English
Publisher
المساواة الآن
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Target Group
Women
Organization
N/A
Theme
النوع الاجتماعي
حقوق الإنسان
أهداف التنمية المستدامة
10
Reduced Inequalities
16
Peace, Justice And Strong Institutions
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Information and Research - King Hussein Foundation
Information and Research - King Hussein Foundation

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