Coordinators:
Ms Karen Stefiszyn
Ms Ashwanee Budoo
The task of the clinic in 2014 include:
- Assistance to the African Commission’s Special Rapporteur on Women.
- Prepare a draft general comment on article 6(B) of the African Women's Rights Protocol
- Prepare a shadow report on Malawi's state report to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights in relation to women's rights
- Develop the gender unit's web site so that it becomes a main resource for anyone looking for information on women's rights in Africa
A guide to the General Comments on article 14(1)(d) and (e) of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa
The Women’s Protocol is a complementary legal document to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights which was adopted by the African Commission in 2003 and entered into force in 2005. Its main aim is to expand the substantive protection of women’s rights in Africa by enumerating the rights of women and the corresponding obligations of state parties.
The General Comment was adopted in order to clarify the specific measures that states should take in order to fulfill their obligations under Article 14(1)(d) which provides for the right to self-protection and to be protected against sexually transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS and Article 14(1)(e) which provides for the right to be informed on one’s health status and on the health status of one’s partner
This guide simplifies the content of the general comment for advocacy purposes and was compiled by students of the LLM/MPhil (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa) 2013.
