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THE CENTRE for HUMAN RIGHTS UNIVERSITY of PRETORIA The THE CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA The Centre for Human Rights, founded in 1986, is part of the Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria. The main focus of the Centre is human rights law in Africa. For full information on the Centre, see www.chr.up.ac.za or contact The Director Centre for Human Rights Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria PRETORIA 0002 Tel: (012) 420-3810/3034 Fax: (012) 362-5125 [email protected] Staff Dennis Antwi Project Manager: Advanced Human Rights Courses Yolanda Booyzen Communications and Marketing Manager Daniel Bradlow SARChI Professor of International Development Law and African Economic Relations, University of Pretoria Ashwanee Budoo Tutor; LLD Candidate Cristiano d’Orsi Post-Doctoral Fellow Isabeau de Meyer Publication Manager: African Human Rights Law Journal; Administrator: LLM/MPhil (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa) Erika de Wet Professor of International Law; Co-Director: Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa (ICLA) Prof Charles Fombad Professor of Law and Head of Constitutional Law Unit at the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa (ICLA) Michael Gyan Nyarko Tutor; LLD Candidate Michelo Hansungule Professor in Human Rights Law Academic Co-ordinator: LLM (Multidisciplinary Human Rights) and MPhil (Multidisciplinary Human Rights) Lizette Hermann Manager: Pretoria University Law Press (PULP) Christof Heyns Professor of Human Rights Law; Co-Director: Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa (ICLA); United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Katy Hindle Programme Manager: Gender Unit Thuto Moratuoa Hlalele Special Projects Co-ordinator & Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition Co-ordinator Nora Ho Tu Nam Tutor; LLD Candidate Ikeagwuchi Andrew Project Officer: Advanced Human Rights courses Adetokunbo Johnson Project Officer: Gender Unit Mariam Kamunyu Project Officer: Gender Unit Eduardo Kapapelo Academic Associate Magnus Killander Associate Professor & Head of Research Emily Laubscher Assistant Financial Manager Josua Loots Project Manager: Business and Human Rights Eric Taseera Lwanga Project Co-ordinator: LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa) Chiedza Machaka Project Co-ordinator: Freedom of Expression and Access to Information Sydney Mdhlophe Assistant: Pretoria University Law Press (PULP) Harold Meintjes Financial Manager Charles Ngwena Professor of Law Areas of interest: Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights; Disability Rights Jehoshaphat John Njau Project Co-ordinator: Disability Rights Programme Bright Nkrumah Researcher Damian Oakes Project Officer: Business and Human Rights Unit Onuora-Oguno Azubike C Tutor; LLD Candidate Adebayo Okeowo Alumni Co-ordinator Sarita Pienaar-Erasmus Assistant Financial Manager Ahmed Yusuf Sayaad Project Co-ordinator: African Human Rights Moot Court Competition Ololade Shyllon Programme Manager: Freedom of Expression and Access to Information Olufemi Soyeju Project Co-ordinator: LLM (International Trade and Investment Law in Africa) Norman Taku Assistant Director Project Manager: African Human Rights Moot Court Competition Carole Viljoen Office Manager Frans Viljoen Director, Centre for Human Rights Professor of International Human Rights Law Extraordinary/Honorary professors Jean Allain Professor of Public International Law, Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland Cecile Aptel Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland Jakkie Cilliers Director, Institute for Security Studies Mustaqeem de Gama Acting Director of International Trade and Economic Development, Department of Trade and Industry Fernand de Varennes Université de Moncton, Canada John Dugard Member, International Law Commission Johann Kriegler Retired Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa Dan Kuwali Law in private practice, Malawi Edward Kwakwa Legal Counsel, World Intellectual Property Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland Cephas Lumina Independent Expert of the United Nations Human Rights Council Richard Maiman University of Southern Maine, USA Stuart Maslen-Casey Strategic Consultant and Senior Research Fellow, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Thandabantu Nhlapo University of Cape Town David Padilla Formerly Assistant Executive Secretary, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Mary Robinson President, Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice, Northern Ireland Michael Stein Harvard Law School, United States of America Johann van der Westhuizen Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa Extraordinary lecturers Adem Abebe Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute, Germany Oagile Dingake Justice of the Botswana High Court Solomon Ebobrah Co-ordinator and Senior Lecturer, Department of Jurisprudence and Public Law, Niger Delta University, Nigeria Nicole Fritz Executive Director, Southern Africa Litigation Centre Elizabeth Griffin Consultant Sarah Knuckey Director, Project on Extrajudicial Executions, New York University School of Law, USA Asha Ramgobin Executive Director, Human Rights Development Initiative Jure Vidmar St John’s College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom Advisory board André Boraine Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria Edouard Jacot Guillarmod Consultant Johann Kriegler Retired Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa Bess Nkabinde Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa David Padilla Formerly Assistant Executive Secretary, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Sylvia Tamale Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda Johann van der Westhuizen Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa Academic Programmes • LLM/MPhil (Human Rights & Democratisation in Africa) • LLM (International Trade & Investment Law in Africa) • LLM/MPhil (Multidisciplinary Human Rights) • LLM/MPhil (Sexual & Reproductive Rights in Africa) • LLM (Dissertation) Human Rights • Doctoral Programme (LLD) • Programmes at the Faculty of Law • Gill Jacot Guillarmod Scholarship • Disability Rights Scholarship Programme • Alumni Association: LLM (HRDA) Projects • Advanced Human Rights Courses (AHRC) •African Moot Court • Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court • Extractive Industries (African Commission Working Group) •Human Rights Clinics • Human Rights Conferences • Annual African Trade Moot Research • AIDS & Human Rights Research Unit • Business and Human Rights Unit • Disability Rights Unit • Ending Mass Atrocities in Africa Conference •FRAME • Freedom of Expression & Access to Information • Gender Unit • Impact of the Charter/Protocol • Implementation and Compliance Project • International Development Unit (IDLU) • International Law in Domestic Courts (ILDC) • Unlawful Killings Unit Regular publications • African Human Rights Law Journal • African Human Rights Law Reports (English and French) • African Disability Rights Yearbook CHART OF RATIFICATIONS: AU HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES Position as at 31 July 2015 Compiled by: I de Meyer Source: http//www.africa-union.org (accessed 30 November 2015) African AU African Protocol Protocol African Charter on Conven- Charter on to the to the Charter on Human tion the Rights African African Demo- and Governing and Charter on Charter on cracy, Peoples’ the Welfare of the the Rights Elections Rights Specific the Child Establish- of Women and Aspects of ment of Gover- Refugee an African nance Problems Court on in Africa Human and Peoples’ Rights COUNTRY Ratified/ Ratified/ Ratified/ Ratified/ Ratified/ Ratified/ Acceded Acceded Acceded Acceded Acceded Acceded Algeria 01/03/87 24/05/74 08/07/03 22/04/03 Angola 02/03/90 30/04/81 11/04/92 30/08/07 Benin 20/01/86 26/02/73 17/04/97 30/09/05 28/06/12 Botswana 17/07/86 04/05/95 10/07/01 Burkina Faso 06/07/84 19/03/74 08/06/92 31/12/98* 09/06/06 26/05/10 Burundi 28/07/89 31/10/75 28/06/04 02/04/03 Cameroon 20/06/89 07/09/85 05/09/97 13/09/12 24/08/11 Cape Verde 02/06/87 16/02/89 20/07/93 21/06/05 Central 26/04/86 23/07/70 African Republic Chad 09/10/86 12/08/81 30/03/00 11/07/11 Comoros 01/06/86 02/04/04 18/03/04 23/12/03 18/03/04 Congo 09/12/82 16/01/71 08/09/06 10/08/10 14/12/11 Côte d’Ivoire 06/01/92 26/02/98 01/03/02 07/01/03 05/10/11 16/10/13 Democratic 20/07/87 14/02/73 09/06/08 Republic of Congo Djibouti 11/11/91 03/01/11 02/02/05 02/12/12 Egypt 20/03/84 12/06/80 09/05/01 Equatorial 07/04/86 08/09/80 20/12/02 27/10/09 Guinea Eritrea 14/01/99 22/12/99 Ethiopia 15/06/98 15/10/73 02/10/02 05/12/08 Gabon 20/02/86 21/03/86 18/05/07 14/08/00 10/01/11 The Gambia 08/06/83 12/11/80 14/12/00 30/06/99 25/05/05 Ghana 24/01/89 19/06/75 10/06/05 25/08/04* 13/06/07 06/09/10 Guinea 16/02/82 18/10/72 27/05/99 16/04/12 17/06/11 Guinea- 04/12/85 27/06/89 19/06/08 19/06/08 23/12/11 Bissau Kenya 23/01/92 23/06/92 25/07/00 04/02/04 06/10/10 Lesotho 10/02/92 18/11/88 27/09/99 28/10/03 26/10/04 30/06/10 Liberia 04/08/82 01/10/71 01/08/07 14/12/07 Libya 19/07/86 25/04/81 23/09/00 19/11/03 23/05/04 Madagascar 09/03/92 30/03/05 Malawi 17/11/89 04/11/87 16/09/99 09/09/08* 20/05/05 11/10/12 Mali 21/12/81 10/10/81 03/06/98 10/05/00* 13/01/05 13/08/13 Mauritania 14/06/86 22/07/72 21/09/05 19/05/05 21/09/05 07/07/08 Mauritius 19/06/92 14/02/92 03/03/03 Mozambique 22/02/89 22/02/89 15/07/98 17/07/04 09/12/05 Namibia 30/07/92 23/07/04 11/08/04 Niger 15/07/86 16/09/71 11/12/99 17/05/04 04/10/11 Nigeria 22/06/83 23/05/86 23/07/01 20/05/04 16/12/04 01/12/11 Rwanda 15/07/83 19/11/79 11/05/01 05/05/03 25/06/04 09/07/10 Sahrawi Arab 02/05/86 27/11/13 27/11/13 Democratic Rep.
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