African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR)

P.O. Box 673, Banjul, Gambia

Phone : + 220 4392962 / 4377721 / Fax : + 220 4390764

Web site : www.achpr.org

Established by the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights which came into force on 21 October 1986 after its adoption in Nairobi (Kenya) in 1981 by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the Commission was officially inaugurated on 2nd November 1987 in Addis Ababa (Ethopia).

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights is charged with ensuring the promotion and protection of Human and Peoples’ Rights throughout the African Continent.

See also :

African Union (AU), Organisation of African Unity (OAU), African Court on Human ans People’s Rights (AfCHPR)