Compendium on the Legal Protection of Human Rights Defenders in Africa / / Rémy Ngoy Lumbu.

This compilation of documents has been prepared by the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and Focal Point on Reprisals in Africa of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Commissioner Rémy Ngoy Lumbu, with the assistance of the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, Univers...

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Place / Publishing House:Pretoria : : Pretoria University Law Press (PULP),, 2018.
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 electronic resource (143 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface by Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
  • A. Declarations and Guidelines
  • UNITED NATIONS
  • Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, 1998
  • AFRICAN UNION - AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS
  • Grand Bay (Mauritius) Declaration and Plan of Action, 1999
  • Kigali Declaration, 2003
  • Guidelines on Freedom of Association and Assembly in Africa, 2017
  • COUNCIL OF EUROPE
  • Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on Council of Europe action to improve the protection of human rights defenders and promote their activities, 2008
  • EUROPEAN UNION
  • Ensuring Protection - European Union Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders, 2008
  • ORGANISATION FOR SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE
  • Guidelines on the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, 2016
  • B. Resolutions
  • United Nations (UN) Resolution
  • Resolution 68/181: Promotion of the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility on Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognised Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms: Protecting Women Human Rights Defenders, 2013
  • African Union (AU) Resolutions
  • Resolution 69: Resolution on the Protection of Human Rights Defenders in Africa, 2004
  • Resolution 104: Resolution on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Africa, 2007
  • Resolution 273: Resolution on Extending the Scope of the Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa, 2014
  • Resolution 275: Resolution on Protection against Violence and other Human Rights Violations against Persons on the basis of their real or imputed Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity, 2014
  • Resolution 336: Resolution on Measures to Protect and Promote the Work of Women Human Rights Defenders, 2016
  • Resolution 345: Resolution on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Africa, 2016
  • Resolution 376: Resolution on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Africa, 2017
  • Resolution 381: Resolution on the Appointment of the Special
  • Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders and Focal Point on Reprisals in Africa, 2017
  • C. Model Law
  • Model Law for the Recognition and Protection of Human Rights Defenders, 2017.