Compendium on the Legal Protection of Human Rights Defenders in Africa / Rémy Ngoy Lumbu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lumbu, Rémy Ngoy, author.

Language:

English

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Civil rights.

Physical Description:

1 electronic resource (143 p.)

Other Title:

Values, Interests and Power

Place of Publication:

Pretoria University Law Press (PULP) 2020

Pretoria : Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), 2018.

Language Note:

English.

Summary:

This compilation of documents has been prepared by the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and Focal Point on Reprisals in Africa of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Commissioner Rémy Ngoy Lumbu, with the assistance of the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria. The aim of this compilation is to bring together all the most relevant documents concerning the protection of human rights defenders in Africa, adopted under the auspices of the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the European Union, the OSCE and the African Union. This publication, which appears for the first time in 2018, is timely for two particular reasons: The year 2018 marks 20 years since the adoption by the UN General Assembly of the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders. In 2018, human rights across the world, and in Africa, have increasingly made the target of government attack and recrimination.

Contents:

Preface by Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights

A. Declarations and Guidelines

UNITED NATIONS

Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, 1998

AFRICAN UNION - AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS

Grand Bay (Mauritius) Declaration and Plan of Action, 1999

Kigali Declaration, 2003

Guidelines on Freedom of Association and Assembly in Africa, 2017

COUNCIL OF EUROPE

Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on Council of Europe action to improve the protection of human rights defenders and promote their activities, 2008

EUROPEAN UNION

Ensuring Protection - European Union Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders, 2008

ORGANISATION FOR SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE

Guidelines on the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, 2016

B. Resolutions

United Nations (UN) Resolution

Resolution 68/181: Promotion of the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility on Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognised Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms: Protecting Women Human Rights Defenders, 2013

African Union (AU) Resolutions

Resolution 69: Resolution on the Protection of Human Rights Defenders in Africa, 2004

Resolution 104: Resolution on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Africa, 2007

Resolution 273: Resolution on Extending the Scope of the Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa, 2014

Resolution 275: Resolution on Protection against Violence and other Human Rights Violations against Persons on the basis of their real or imputed Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity, 2014

Resolution 336: Resolution on Measures to Protect and Promote the Work of Women Human Rights Defenders, 2016

Resolution 345: Resolution on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Africa, 2016

Resolution 376: Resolution on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Africa, 2017

Resolution 381: Resolution on the Appointment of the Special

Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and Focal Point on Reprisals in Africa, 2017

C. Model Law

Model Law for the Recognition and Protection of Human Rights Defenders, 2017.

Notes:

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