The African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (1981)

The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (also known as the Banjul Charter) is an international human rights instrument that is intended to promote and protect human rights and basic freedoms in the African continent.

Status of signatures

Benin

Signed: Yes
Date Signed: 21/10/1986
Ratified: Yes
Date of Ratification: 25/02/1958
Domestication: No

Burkina Faso

Signed: Yes
Ratified: Yes
Date of Ratification: 06/07/1984
Domestication: No

Egypt

Signed: Yes
Date Signed: 11/04/1982
Ratified: Yes
Date of Ratification: 03/08/1985
Domestication: No

Ethiopia

Signed: Yes
Ratified: Yes
Date of Ratification: 15/06/1998
Domestication: No

Kenya

Signed: Yes
Date Signed: 01/06/1981
Ratified: Yes
Date of Ratification: 23/01/1992
Domestication: No

Lesotho

Signed: Yes
Date Signed: 28/05/1992
Ratified: No
Domestication: No

Mozambique

Signed: Yes
Ratified: Yes
Domestication: No

Namibia

Signed: Yes
Ratified: Yes
Date of Ratification: 07/06/1994
Domestication: Yes

Signed: Yes
Ratified: Yes
Date of Ratification: 11/11/1993
Domestication: Yes

Nigeria

Signed: Yes
Date Signed: 31/08/1982
Ratified: Yes
Date of Ratification: 22/07/1983
Domestication: Yes

Uganda

Signed: Yes
Ratified: Yes
Domestication: No

Further information

Last update

24/05/2023, 16:54