Special Rapporteur on Women's Rights in Africa
Encyclopedia
The Special Rapporteur on Women's Rights in Africa (SRRWA) is an official of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
(ACHPR) charged with reinforcing and promoting women's rights in the countries of the African Union. The Rapporteur also bears specific responsibiities with respect to the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa, better known as the Maputo Protocol
.
The role was created by the ACHPR through resolution ACHPR/res.38 (XXV) 99 at the 25th Ordinary Session of the ACHPR at Bujumbura
, Burundi
, between 26 April and 5 May 1999.
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights is a quasi-judicial body tasked with promoting and protecting human rights and collective rights throughout the African continent as well as interpreting the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and considering individual complaints of...
(ACHPR) charged with reinforcing and promoting women's rights in the countries of the African Union. The Rapporteur also bears specific responsibiities with respect to the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa, better known as the Maputo Protocol
Maputo Protocol
The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, better known as the Maputo Protocol, guarantees comprehensive rights to women including the right to take part in the political process, to social and political equality with men, to control of their...
.
The role was created by the ACHPR through resolution ACHPR/res.38 (XXV) 99 at the 25th Ordinary Session of the ACHPR at Bujumbura
Bujumbura
-Education:The University of Burundi is located in Bujumbura.Hope Africa University is located in BujumburaUniversité du Lac Tanganyika is located in Bujumbura-External links:**...
, Burundi
Burundi
Burundi , officially the Republic of Burundi , is a landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Its capital is Bujumbura...
, between 26 April and 5 May 1999.
Rapporteurs
- Commissioner Julienne Ondziel Gnelenga, served from 1998–2001, retired when her time with the Commission ended
- Commissioner Angela Melo, October 2001-November 2007
- Maître Soyata Maïga, November 2007-
External links
- Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa, official page, ACHPR website.
- Video interview with Soyata Maïga, French only with English transcript, website of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, filmed January 27, 2008