Resources

• Human Rights Instruments and Treaties in Africa
• Gender Justice Instruments and Treaties
• National Legislations
• AFLA Lecture Series
• Proceedings of selected Conferences

The Cairo-Arusha Principles

Human Rights Instruments and Treaties in Africa

• Report of the African Union High Level Panel on Darfur, 'The Quest for Peace, Justice and Reconcilation', October 2009
• African (Banjul) Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
• Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples’
• Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa
• African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
• Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights (Merger document of the Merger of The African Court on
• Interim Rules of Court
• Convention Governing the Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa
• Protocol of the Court of Justice of the African Union

Gender Justice Instruments and Treaties

• Excerpts from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC)
• Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa
• The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
• Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
• Convention on the Political Rights of Women
• Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages
• Convention Concerning Discrimination In Respect Of Employment and Occupation
• Convention on the Nationality of Married Women
• Beijing Declaration
• Resolution 1325 (2000) On Women, Peace and Security
• Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women
• Resolution 1820 (2008)

National Legislations

• Sierra Leone Domestic Violence Act, 2007
• Ghana Domestic Violence Act, 2007
• Zimbabwe Domestic Violence Act, 2006
• Namibia Domestic Violence Act, 2003
• South Africa Domestic Violence Act, 1998

AFLA Lecture Series

• The Ethics of Africa’s Governance: Rights, Rules and Relativism
• Africa and the International Criminal Court (ICC)

Proceedings of selected Conferences

• The Al-Bashir Arrest Warrant: The World vs Africa or the African Union vs the People of Africa?, 26 april 2010
• International Women's Day: The Ghana Domestic Violence Act, 10 March 2010, Accra, Ghana
• Gender Justice Forum: Breaking the Silence, 24-25 November 2009, The Hague, The Netherlands
• Gender Justice Forum: Adopting a Holistic Approach to Gender Justice, 6-7 March 2009, Dakar, Senegal
• Gender Justice Forum in cooperation with the ICTR for Rwanda and the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice
• Introducing the New African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, 1-2 December 2006, Accra, Ghana