Abstract
The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights was adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government (AHSG) of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) held at Nairobi, Kenya, in 1981. The African Charter encapsulates all the three different types of human and collective rights in one document and provides for their enforcement by means of a single method. Like other regional instruments on human rights, the Banjul Charter created the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, which, as the body competent to implement the Charter, is to promote and secure the protection of human and peoples' rights in Africa, besides also having an advisory mandate. African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, just like any other instrument pertaining to human rights, brings with it a combination and a variety of legal, political and institutional considerations and trajectories which, depending on the context, may serve different purposes.Keywords:African Charter; AHSG; Banjul Charter; Human and Peoples' Rights; Organization of African Unity (OAU)
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