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The LLM/MPhil in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa (HRDA) class of 2022, from the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria, visited Ambassadors, High Commissioners, Consular, and Chargé d'affaires of the Republics of Cameroon, Gabon, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe, and Malawi to the Republic of South Africa, to implore these African Union Member States to ratify the African Disability Rights Protocol.

The Ambassadors, High Commissioners, Consular, and Chargé d'affaires, welcomed the students’ call and pledged that their governments would take actionable steps toward ratifying the Protocol.

These visits are coordinated as part of the #RatifyADRP campaign. In their exchanges wiith High Commissioners, Ambassadors, Consular, and Chargé d'affaires, the student delegation highlighted the need for the ratification of the protocol. It urged the respective governments to ratify the African Disability Rights Protocol.

Ms Bonolo Makgale
Programme Manager: Democracy and Civic Engagement Unit

Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 4199
Fax: +27 (0) 86 580 5743
bonolo.makgale@up.ac.za

Ms Tariro Sekeramayi
Project Officer: Democracy and Civic Engagement Unit

Fax: +27 (0) 86 580 5743
tariro.sekeramayi@up.ac.za

The African Disability Protocol is the culmination of the African Union’s efforts to create a framework to safeguard the human rights of persons with disabilities on the continent.

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The Protocol has not yet attained the 15 ratifications required for it to come into force. To date the Protocol has been signed but not ratified by Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Mali, Rwanda, South Africa and Togo.

The Centre for Human Rights calls on all Africans, especially stakeholders to advocate, campaign and ensure that the Protocol is ratified by all the 55 members of the African Union.

#RatifyAfricanDisabilityRightsProtocol #RatifyADRP

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