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The year 2011 marked 25 years since the entry into force of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African or Banjul Charter). In 2012, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Commission) celebrates 25 years since it came into operation in 1987. Since its adoption, the African Charter has been supplemented by the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa (Women’s Protocol).All AU member states (with the exception of newcomer South Sudan) have become state party to the African Charter, and 26 of them have accepted the Women’s Protocol.Against the background of the 2011 and 2012 celebrations, the question should be posed to what extent the promises of the Charter and Women’s Protocol have been realised. What has the impact of these instruments been on the practice of state parties?This publication, The impact of the African Charter and Women’s Protocol in selected African states, aims to start addressing this question. Based on research conducted by alumni of the Centre for Human Rights LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa), the publication consists of nineteen country studies, representing states across the continent.The Centre aims to use this research and, together with the LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa) Alumni Association, to update and extend the existing research. Anyone with relevant information is invited to contact the Centre or the Alumni Association with relevant information, or to act as a country researcher. See www.chr.up.ac.za for more details.
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The impact of the African Charter and the Maputo Protocol in selected African states
Editor Victor Oluwasina Ayeni LLM HRDA (Pretoria), LLB (Akungba), BL (Abuja) Doctoral Candidate, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
2016
Title: The impact of the African Charter and the Maputo Protocol in selected African states
Published by: Pretoria University Law Press (PULP) The Pretoria University Law Press (PULP) is a publisher at the Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, South Africa. PULP endeavours to publish and make available innovative, high-quality scholarly texts on law in Africa. PULP also publishes a series of collections of legal documents related to public law in Africa, as well as text books from African countries other than South Africa.
For more information on PULP, see www.pulp.up.ac.za
Printed and bound by: BusinessPrint, Pretoria
To order, contact: PULP Faculty of Law University of Pretoria South Africa 0002 Tel: +27 12 420 4948 Fax: +27 12 362 5125 pulp@up.ac.za www.pulp.up.ac.za
Cover: Yolanda Booyzen, Centre for Human Rights
ISBN: 978-1-920538-47-7
© 2016
Printed in the Republic of South Africa
Seventeen countries covered in this book
TABLE OF CONTENTS
................................................................................................................... vii Preface
.................................................................................................. 1 Introduction Victor Oluwasina Ayeni
Burkina Faso ................................................................................................17 Kounkinè Augustin Somé
.....................................................................................................31 Cameroon Polycarp Ngufor Forkum
................................................................................................45 Côte d’Ivoire Kounkinè Augustin Somé Armand Tanoh
........................................................................................................57 Ethiopia Meskerem Geset Techane
.........................................................................................................75 Gambia Satang Nabaneh
Ghana ...........................................................................................................95 Michael Gyan Nyarko
Kenya .......................................................................................................... 115 Saoyo Tabitha Griffith Paul Ogendi
Lesotho ....................................................................................................... 133 Sizakele Hlatshwayo
........................................................................................................ 149 Malawi Sarai Chisala-Tempelhoff Seun Solomon Bakare
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface ................................................................................................................... vii
.................................................................................................. 1 Introduction Victor Oluwasina Ayeni
................................................................................................17 Burkina Faso Kounkinè Augustin Somé
.....................................................................................................31 Cameroon Polycarp Ngufor Forkum
................................................................................................45 Côte d’Ivoire Kounkinè Augustin Somé Armand Tanoh
Ethiopia ........................................................................................................57 Meskerem Geset Techane
..................................................................................................75 The Gambia Satang Nabaneh
...........................................................................................................95 Ghana Michael Gyan Nyarko
Kenya .......................................................................................................... 115 Saoyo Tabitha Griffith Paul Ogendi
Lesotho ....................................................................................................... 133 Sizakele Hlatshwayo
Malawi ........................................................................................................ 149 Sarai Chisala-Tempelhoff Seun Solomon Bakare
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.................................................................................................... 165 Mauritius Meskerem Geset Techane Roopanand Mahadew
........................................................................................................ 183 Nigeria Victor Oluwasina Ayeni
............................................................................................... 203 Sierra Leone Augustine Sorie Marrah
............................................................................................... 215 South Africa Ofentse Motlhasedi Linette du Toit
Swaziland ................................................................................................... 233 Dumsani Dlamini Sizakele Hlatshwayo
Tanzania ..................................................................................................... 249 Grace Kamugisha Kazoba Charles Mmbando
Uganda ....................................................................................................... 263 Agaba Daphine Kabagambe
Zimbabwe ................................................................................................... 281 Tarisai Mutangi
Conclusion ................................................................................................. 297 Victor Oluwasina Ayeni
....................................................................................................... 315 Bibliography
Questionnaire used for the study....................................................... 329
PREFACE
This book assesses the impact and effectiveness of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Charter) and the Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol) in 17 African countries, namely Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauri-tius, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimba-bwe.
Apart from the introductory and concluding chapters, each chapter of the book is devoted to the impact of the African Charter and the Maputo Protocol in a particular state. The chapters are structured according to the 15 research questions included in the study questionnaire that was provided to researchers. Typically, each chapter begins with an introduction which provides a background and overview of the general context of human rights and the situation of women in the study country. The concluding part of each country chapter highlights the factors which have impeded or enhanced the impact of the African Charter and Maputo Protocol in that country.
The Centre for Human Rights intends to use this research as the basis for a continu-ously updated database on the impact of the African Charter and Maputo Protocol. The ‘first edition’ of this book, published under the title ‘The impact of the African Charter and Women’s Protocol in selected African states’, appeared in 2012 and covered the following 19 countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Eritrea, Gambia, Kenya Lesotho, Mauritius, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa and Zimbabwe. This edition is essentially an exten-sion and a reworking of the first edition. Some new country chapters - Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Swaziland, Tanzania and Uganda – have been introduced, while some country chapters - Benin, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Mozambique, Niger and Senegal – have been dropped due to our inability to find suitable researchers from those countries within the period the research was carried out.
We therefore invite anyone who has any information to supplement, update or correct the information in this publication to contact us at chr@up.ac.za or hrda.alum-ni@up.ac.za. Information about the impact of the African Charter and Maputo Proto-col in countries not covered in this publication is also welcome.
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The researchers for both editions are mostly alumni of the Master’s programme in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa, presented by the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria.
The first edition of this publication was based on research conducted as part of ‘The State of the Union’ initiative, supported by OXFAM whose financial contribution is gratefully acknowledged. The support of the Norwegian government in developing and publishing this edition of the publication is also gratefully acknowledged.
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ACERWC
ACHPR
AHRLJ
AHRLR
AIDS
APRM
AU
CALS
CANGO
CEDAW
CERD
CESCR
CHR
CHRAGG
CHRPA
CRC
CSO
ACRONYMS
African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies
African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
African Human Rights Law Journal
African Human Rights Law Reports
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
African Peer Review Mechanism
African Union
Centre for Applied Legal Studies
Co-ordinating Assembly of Non-Governmental Organisations
Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Centre for Human Rights
Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance
Commission on Human Rights and Public Administration
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Civil Society Organisation
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International Labour Organisation
NHRI
NGO
NHRC
NEPAD
LRC
Legal Resources Centre
Legum Magister(Master of Laws)
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
ICCPR
KNCHR
IHRDA
LLM
Ethiopian Human Rights Commission
Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone
EHRC
ILO
CSVR
ESCR
ECHR
ECCJ
ECOWAS
Kenya National Commission on Human Rights
FIDA
FLAG
HRCSL
FGM
HIV
ECOWAS Community Court of Justice
National Human Rights Commission
New Partnership for Africa’s Development
Non Governmental Organisation
National Intelligence Agency
National Human Rights Institutions
National Commission on Human Rights and Freedoms
Law Reform Commission
HRDA
EVD
Female Genital Mutilation
Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation
Ebola Virus Disease
LRC
European Convention on Human Rights
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Economic Community of West African States
International Federation of Women Lawyers
Female Lawyers Association of Gambia
Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa
Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
NCHRF
NIA
NRM
OHCHR
OSIWA
SAHRC
SALC
SERAC
SERAP
SRRWA
UDHR
UHRC
UN
UPR
US
ZLHR
ZSC
ZWLA
National Resistance Movement
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Open Society Initiative for West Africa
South African Human Rights Commission
Southern Africa Litigation Centre
Social and Economic Rights Action Centre
Socio-Economic Right Accountability Project
Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Uganda Human Rights Commission
United Nations
Universal Periodic Review
United States
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights
Zimbabwe Supreme Court
Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association
