Refugees and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights by Monette Zard, Chaloka Beyani, Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

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Understanding and providing of social rights by the African commission on human and peoples’ rights by O A Ruchka

“…This article analyses critically the protection of socio-economic rights in the African regional system focusing mainly on the African Charter 1981 and the jurisprudence of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights.…”
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A last resort in cases of wrongful detention and deportation in Africa by Matthew C Kane, Susan F Kane

“…Where this is no viable forum to address human rights violations by African states, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights will consider such violations. …”
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A last resort in cases of wrongful detention and deportation in Africa by Kane, M, Kane, S

“…Where this is no viable forum to address human rights violations by African states, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights will consider such violations. …”

Assessing the Human Rights Framework on Private Health Care Actors and Economic Inequality by Rossella De Falco, Timothy Fish Hodgson, Matt Mcconnell, A. Kayum Ahmed

“…Specifically, we survey statements from United Nations human rights treaty bodies and recent jurisprudence of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights that discuss private actors’ involvement in health care. …”
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A Prisoner’s Right to be Released or Placed on Parole: A Comment on Öcalan v Turkey (No. 2) (18 March 2014) by Mujuzi Jamil Ddamulira

“…The author assesses this holding in the light of the jurisprudence or practice on the right to parole from the Human Rights Committee, and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. In order to put the discussion in context, the author also highlights jurisprudence emanating from the European Court of Human Rights relevant to the relationship between parole and other human rights. …”
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Constitutionalising a Human Right to Water in the Southern African Development Community by Michelle Barnard

“…In giving content to this proposed constitutionalised human right to water the ‘reading in’ approach found in General Comment 15 of the Committee on International Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as interpreted by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights will be applied to specific SADC water policy documents. …”
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The regional law of refugee protection in Africa by Sharpe, M

“…The Organization of African Unity is addressed in a historical sense, and the contemporary roles of the African Union, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the various African human rights courts are canvassed.…”

International human rights law : six decades after the UDHR and beyond / by Baderin, Mashood A., Ssenyonjo, Manisuli

L’exécution des jugements civils au Burundi: Incohérence normative, pratique à la limite de la légalité, ver dans le fruit. by Dr. Aimé-Parfait Niyonkuru

“…In the same vein, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Bissangou v Republic of Congo case, has stated that “the right to be heard guaranteed by article 7 of the African Charter includes the right to the execution of a judgment. …”
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Socioeconomic determinants of water delivery satisfaction in a medium sub-Saharan Africa city: A case of Kisumu, Kenya by Gordon Ocholla, Sammy Letema, Caleb Mireri

“…The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (Resolution 300) recognizes accessibility to water services as a legal entitlement rather than commodities provided on a charitable basis. …”
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THE CONSTITUTIONAL DIMENSION OF THE RIGHT TO A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT by Oana ŞARAMET

“…This article, being the first step in analyzing this fundamental right of every person, examines some of the international regulations of the right to a healthy environment, but also some of the provisions from different documents of international organizations at regional level, like Council of Europe, or European Union, or Organization of American States, or African Commission on Human and Peoples' Right, and also from eleven constitutions of Eastern Europe countries, but also some aspects regarding the content of this right.…”
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Positioning women's and children's health in African union policy-making: a policy analysis by Toure Kadidiatou, Sankore Rotimi, Kuruvilla Shyama, Scolaro Elisa, Bustreo Flavia, Osotimehin Babatunde

“…</p> <p>This change was catalysed by factors such as: a favourable shift in AU priorities and systems towards development issues, spurred by the transition from the Organization of African Unity to the African Union; the mandate of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights; health-related advocacy initiatives, such as the Campaign for the Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa (CARMMA); action and accountability requirements arising from international human rights treaties, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and new health-funding mechanisms, such as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.…”
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