Key Treaties and Texts

African Charter on Human and People's Rights

International Conventions and Declarations

Doc CAB/LEG/67/3 rev. 5 21 I.L.M 58 (1982)

The African Charter on Human and People's Rights (the "Banjul Charter") was adopted at the 18th Assembly of Heads of State and Governments at the Organization for African Unity (OAU) June 21 1981 in Nairobi, Kenya. The Charter entered into force October 21 1986. While all the provisions of the Banjul Charter apply equally to men and women, of particular interest to WHRR users is Article 18(3) that provides "the state shall ensure the elimination of every discrimination and also ensure the protection of the rights of the woman and the child as stipulated in international declarations and conventions".