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The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child - An assessment of the legal value of its substantive provisions by means of a direct comparison to the Convention on the Rights of the Child Michael Gose, Community Law Center, Belleville, 2002, ISBN 0-620-29420-5
The ACERWC draws its mandate from articles 32–46 of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC), which was adopted by the Organization of African Unity (OAU) Heads of State and Government on 11 July 1990 and came into force on 29 November 1999.
African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance; African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights; Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights; African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child; African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty; African Youth ...
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) is a quasi-judicial body tasked with promoting and protecting human rights and collective (peoples') rights throughout the African continent as well as interpreting the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (also known as the Banjul Charter or the African Charter) and considering individual complaints of violations of the Charter.
O Amao, "African union law: the emergence of a sui generis legal order" (Routledge, 2019) M Olivier, "The role of African Union law in integrating Africa" (2015) 22 (4) South African Journal of International Affairs 513–533; M Olivier, "Despite Brexit, the EU still holds valuable lessons for African integration" (2017) The Conversation
The African Commission working together with the African Court and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child on a joint inquiry mission in South Sudan resulting in a 315-page document highlighting the Human Rights violations on the basis on which extensive recommendations were set forward.
Organisation of African Youth (OAYouth) is the umbrella movement of all youth in Africa, independent of governments, parties or intergovernmental organisations. It was formed in August 2009 as a direct result of the entry into force of the African Youth Charter , [ 1 ] adopted by the general assembly of heads of states of the African Union in 2006.
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights was established to complement and reinforce the functions of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (the African Commission – often referred to as the Banjul Commission), which is a quasi-judicial body charged with monitoring the implementation of the Charter.