Africa Human Rights Day 2021.

Africa Human Rights Day is celebrated annually on the 21st of October to mark the coming into force of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights the founding treaty of the African Human Rights System. Download the Charter on - https://au.int/en/treaties/african-charter-human-and-peoples-rights.

The 2021 Commemoration marks the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights. Join the High- Level Event as it delves on “Africa Human Rights 40 years after the adoption of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights. #AfricaHumanRightsDay.

Read the statements delivered here by.

1. OPENING STATEMENT BY HONOURABLE COMMISSIONER SOLOMON AYELE DERSSO, CHAIRPERSON OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS.

2. STATEMENT BY HON. LADY JUSTICE IMANI D ABOUD, PRESIDENT OF THE AFRICAN COURT ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS, DELIVERED ON HER BEHALF BY DR. ROBERT ENO, REGISTRAR, AFRICAN COURT ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS.

3. ALLOCUTION DE L'HONORABLE JOSEPH NDAYISENGA, PRÉSIDENT DU COMITÉ AFRICAIN D'EXPERTS SUR LES DROITS ET LE BIEN-ÊTRE DE L'ENFANT.

4. STATEMENT BY H.E. AMB. BANKOLE ADEOYE COMMISSIONER FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS, PEACE AND SECURITY, AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION.

5. PROJET DE DECLARATION DE MAMADOU SALIOU SOW, SECRETAIRE D’ETAT AUPRES DU GARDE DES SCEAUX, MINISTRE DE LA JUSTICE, CHARGE DE LA PROMOTION DES DROITS HUMAINS ET DE LA BONNE GOUVERNANCE.