There have been great strides towards the protection of women’s rights in Africa but progress has been slow. A new body to actively implement rights protections and monitor progress must be set up.
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After decades of human rights abuses against Africans living with mental and other disability, the African Commission has finally drafted a protocol to the African Charter to protect their rights.
President Jammeh has ruled Gambia with an iron fist since he seized power more than two decades years ago. He is responsible for gross human rights abuses, yet he hosts Africa’s human rights watchdog.
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Professor of Law, Conflict and Global Development, University of Reading
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Director, International Development Department, University of Birmingham
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Programme manager of the Master's in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
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Senior Lecturer in Law, De Montfort University
