General Information: Africa
In this section
Projects
Click here for a list of maps of Africa and African countries (University of Stanford)
African Regional Treaties, Courts and Tribunals
African Union (AU)
- African Union (AU): Official Website
- OAU: The Organization of African Unity (OAU) Charter
- African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
- African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR)
- 1998 Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, establishing an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
- African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
- AU: Member States
ECOWAS
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS): Official Website
- Treaty (signed 25 May 1975)
- Member states
- The Community Court of Justice
UEMOA
- Union Economique et Monetaire Ouest Africaine (UEMOA): Official Website
- Treaty (in French, signed January 10, 1994)
- Courts (la Cour de Justice, la Cour des Comptes)
SADC
- Southern African Development Community (SADC): Official Website
- Declaration and Treaty of SADC (Signed August 17, 1992 by Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe)
- Amended Declaration and Treaty of SADC
- SADC Tribunal (at South African Embassy in the Hague)
- National contact points
- SADC Lawyers Association
COMESA
- Common Market of East and Southern Africa (COMESA):Official Website
- Countries
- Treaty (ratified by Mauritius Burundi Mozambique Comoros Namibia Congo, Democratic Republic Rwanda Djibouti Seychelles Egypt Sudan Eritrea Swaziland Ethiopia Tanzania Kenya Uganda Lesotho Zambia Madagascar Zimbabwe Malawi in December 1994; Angola, Namibia and Swaziland are actively pursuing the process of ratification)
- COMESA Court of Justice
EAC
- East African Community (EAC): Official Website
- EAC Treaty (signed by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania on November 30, 1999)
- Court of Justice
- Legislative Assembly
Other
- The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)
- The Lome Declaration (on human rights): (adopted at Lome, March 16, 2001
- Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa
- The Addis Ababa Document on Refugees and Forced Population Displacements in Africa
- The Kampala Declaration on Intellectual Freedom and Social Responsibility
- The Khartoum Declaration on Africa's Refugee Crisis
International Justice
UN Initiatives
- UN Human Rights Field Presences (Africa)
- Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
- International Labour Organisation Regional Office for Africa: Abidjan
- Africa Recovery office
General Information
- ForIntLaw: Africa broad entry
- Africa Action: Policy Files on Democracy and Human Rights
- Exxun: Africa directory
- Columbia University: Human Rights and Governance in Africa
- University of Minnesota: Africa Human Rights Links
- Stanford University: Africa South of the Sahara
- University of Pretoria Human Rights Center
- World Bank: Africa - Sub-Saharan
- Human Rights Watch: Africa Page
- Amnesty International (AI): Africa documents
- The Inter-African Network for Human Rights and Development (Afronet)
- Alliances for Africa
- Global Witness
- Africa Centre: Society and Politics Archive Database
- African Institute of Human Rights and Democracy
- University of Cape Town Legal Services Online
- University of Namibia, Human Rights Documentation Center: Research and Teaching on Human Rights, Gender Issues and Democracy in Southern Africa
- Human Rights Institute of South Africa (HuRISA)
- ESCR-Net
- Norwegian Council for Africa: Afrika.No
- University of Pennsylvania: African Studies Centre
News
- All Africa: News for Southern and West Africa
- UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: IRIN News for Southern and Northern Africa
- BBC: Africa News
- CNN: Africa news
- IFEX: Southern and West Africa News
- Africa Pulse [OSISA assisted]
- Pambazuka [SANGONET]
- Yahoo world news: Africa
- Oneworld: Africa News
- PANOS West Africa