African Commission

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organ of the African Union regional human rights body treaty body

The African Commission is a regional human rights body of the African Union responsible for promoting and protecting human and peoples’ rights across the African continent.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights 2
African Commission canonical 1
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf organ of the African Union ⓘ
regional human rights body ⓘ
treaty body ⓘ
alsoKnownAs ACHPR NERFINISHED ⓘ
African Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
cooperatesWith African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child NERFINISHED ⓘ
African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Nations human rights mechanisms NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
documentLanguage Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
fieldOfWork human rights ⓘ
international human rights law ⓘ
peoples’ rights ⓘ
foundedBy Organization of African Unity NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Committees ⓘ
Special Rapporteurs ⓘ
Working Groups ⓘ
headquartersLocation Banjul NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Gambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception 1987 ⓘ
jurisdiction member states of the African Union ⓘ
legalBasis African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone UTC+0 ⓘ
memberSelection elected by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union ⓘ
numberOfMembers 11 ⓘ
officialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
French NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kiswahili ⓘ
Portuguese language ⓘ
surface form: Portuguese

Spanish ⓘ
parentOrganization African Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose consideration of individual communications ⓘ
consideration of inter-state communications ⓘ
interpretation of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights ⓘ
promotion of human and peoples’ rights in Africa ⓘ
protection of human and peoples’ rights in Africa ⓘ
regionServed Africa ⓘ
reportsTo Assembly of the African Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
Executive Council of the African Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
sessionFrequency ordinary sessions twice a year ⓘ
website https://www.achpr.org ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (in judicial protection role) → shortName → African Commission ⓘ
subject surface form: African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
African Union institutional system → hasComponent → African Commission ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
PAP → associatedWith → African Commission ⓘ
subject surface form: Pan-African Parliament
this entity surface form: African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
ECOSOCC → relatedOrganization → African Commission ⓘ
this entity surface form: African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights