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  1. African Union
  2. Basic human rights
  3. Prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
  4. Community service
  5. Prison conditions
  6. Other

African Union

Constitutive Act of the African Union (pdf, 131 kB)

Basic human rights

African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (pdf, 48 kB)

African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Resolution on the Right to Recourse and Fair Trial (pdf, 25 kB)

Protocol to the African Charter on Human And Peoples` Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human And Peoples` Rights (pdf, 17 kB)

Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Fair Trial and Legal Assistance in Africa (pdf, 500 kB)

The Lilongwe Declaration on Accessing Legal Aidin the Criminal Justice System in Africa (pdf, 161 kB)

Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights (pdf, 89 kB)

Prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

Resolution on Guidelines and Measures for the Prohibition and Prevention of Torture, Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Africa (The Robben Island Guidelines) (pdf, 238 kB)

Community service

Kadoma Declaration on Community Service (pdf, 433 kB)

Prison conditions

African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Resolution on Prisons in Africa (pdf, 184 kB)

Kampala Declaration on Prison Conditions in Africa (pdf, 453 kB)

Kampala Declaration on Prison Health in Africa (pdf, 141 kB)

Arusha Declaration on Good Prison Practice (pdf, 201 kB)

Ouagadougou Declaration and Plan of Action on Accelerating Prisons and Penal Reforms in Africa (pdf, 22 kB)

Other

African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (pdf, 52 kB)

Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (pdf, 140 kB)