The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and its promotion and protection of the right to freedom from discrimination

Abstract

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the African Commission, was established by the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the African Charter, with the mandate to promote and protect human and peoples’ rights in Africa. The right to freedom from discrimination is one of the rights provided for in the African Charter. In this article, the author examines the individual communications, state party reports, concluding observations of the African Commission on state party reports and the resolutions passed by the African Commission to highlight the ways in which the African Commission has promoted and protected the right to freedom from discrimination.