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Human rights are "rights one has simply because one is a human being." [3] These privileges and civil liberties are innate in every person without prejudice and where ethnicity, place of abode, gender, cultural origin, skin color, religious affiliation, or language including sexual orientation do not matter.
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.
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights was established in 1979 with the purpose of enforcing and interpreting the provisions of the American Convention on Human Rights. Its two main functions are thus adjudicatory and advisory. Under the former, it hears and rules on the specific cases of human rights violations referred to it.
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.
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The CHRDA started as a Cameroonian human rights organisation called the Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Cameroon.In 2005, after discussions with colleagues from other parts of Africa and from the United States (US), the group added regional offices in Sierra Leone and the US and changed its name to the Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa.
Investigation across a range of human rights infringements have occurred since 2005. A notable inquiry of the office was a look into conditions in prison holding cells. [4] The office also facilitates complaints from society in regards to breaches of human rights from governing bodies. In 2016 alone, the office received 301 human rights complaints.
The African Human Rights Law Reports is an annual law journal published by JUTA Law on behalf of the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria.It contains legal decisions of relevance to human rights law in Africa.