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SUMMARY:Invitation: Contemporary challenges to the African Union human rights system
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:\n\n\nThe Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria in collaboration 
 with the School of Law, University of Kigali  invite you to 
 a lecture on  Contemporary challenges to the  African U
 nion human rights system  delivered by  Prof Frans Vilj
 oen. \nIndependent oversight over the domestic human rights record of 
 member states is a core principle of the African Union. This oversight is m
 ainly the responsibility of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Ri
 ghts, which has been in existence for more than 30 years, and the African C
 ourt on Human and Peoples’ Rights, which has been adjudicating cases for a 
 decade now. Similar systems of oversight have also developed at the sub-reg
 ional level in Africa, particularly in West, East and Southern Africa.&nbsp
 ;\nIn an age in which human rights and multilateralism are increasingly vie
 wed with suspicion, the notion of “independent international human rights s
 crutiny” is being challenged more and more. In Africa, these challenges hav
 e manifested themselves in “pushback” and “backlash” against judicial and q
 uasi-judicial institutions of the East African Community, the Southern Afri
 can Development Community, and the African Union. Pertinent examples are: t
 he demise of the SADC Tribunal; reforms in respect of the EAC Court of Just
 ice; the withdrawal by the African Commission of the observer status grante
 d to the Coalition of African Lesbians (CAL); and the withdrawal by Rwanda 
 of its declaration under article 34(6) of the Protocol to the African Chart
 er establishment of an African Court. \nDo these developments signify 
 a serious threat of the African regional human rights system? What can be d
 one to reverse the trend towards the erosion of human rights-based oversigh
 t in Africa? \n\n\nDownload Invitation\n: Tuesday 27 August 2019\n: 11
 :30 - 12:30\n: Karisimbi, University of Kigali, Kigali, Rwanda\nRSVP: 
 Please click here to RSVP online (RSVP deadline: 23 August 2019)\nEnquiries
 : Ms Thuto Maqutu (thuto.maqutu@up.ac.az)\n
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