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Reparations in the Practice of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2004

Gino J. Naldi
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Abstract

The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, which is mandated under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights with promoting and protecting human rights in Africa, has attracted considerable criticism for being an ineffectual body. One of the complaints is that the Charter based regime lacks an effective system of remedies. This paper examines whether this criticism is justified. An analysis of the jurisprudence of the African Commission proves that the Commission is patiently constructing a concept of reparations which has some similarities with that developed by the UN Human Rights Committee.

Keywords

African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rightshuman rightsreparations
Type
CURRENT LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS
Information
Leiden Journal of International Law , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , September 2001 , pp. 681 - 693
Copyright
© 2001 Kluwer Law International

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