What is African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights?
'''African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights''' is a [[treaty]] of [[international human rights law]]. It was adopted by the Organization of African Unity (today, [[African Union]]) on [[27 July]] [[1981]] and came into force on [[21 October]] [[1986]]. The [[preamble]] [[wikt:confirm|confirm]]s the [[authority]] of the charter of the [[United Nations]]. It also confirms the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]. The charter itself condemns [[apartheid]], [[colonialism]], [[neocolonialism]] and [[Zionism]] as violations of [[human rights]].<ref name=TAP>{{cite web |url=http://thinkafricapress.com/international-law-africa/african-charter-human-peoples-rights |title=5: Understanding The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights |author=Roland Adjovi |date=5 November 2012 |publisher=Think Africa Press |access-date=20 March 2015 |archive-date=5 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305204423/http://thinkafricapress.com/international-law-africa/african-charter-human-peoples-rights |url-status=dead }}</ref> Unlike the [[European Convention on Human Rights]], the charter confirms [[economic, social and cultural rights]]. These include the right to [[Employment|work]], and [[civil rights]]. It also confirms the rights to [[self-determination]], [[economic development]], [[natural resource]]s and to a good [[environment]].<ref name=UofM>{{cite web |url=http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/z1afchar.htm|title=African Banjul Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, adopted June 27, 1981... |publisher=University of Minnesota Human Rights Library |access-date=20 March 2015}}</ref> == Reverences == <references/> == Other page == *[[African Union]] *[[International human rights law]] {{politics-stub}} {{International human rights instruments|state=collapsed}} [[Category:Human rights]] [[Category:International law]] [[Category:20th-century treaties]] [[Category:Politics of Africa]] [[Category:1981]] [[Category:History of the United Nations]]