Notwithstanding the indivisibility, interdependence and interrelatedness of human rights that have been embraced by the African Charter from its inception, the justiciability and normative clarity of its socio-economic guarantees show a sharp contrast to their traditional civil and political...

It is widely acknowledged that rights and freedoms guaranteed in the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (‘Charter’) are justiciable. However, any complaints about violations of Charter’s guarantees are admissible before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights only...

This paper explains and transmits a database and summarises the results of the Human Rights Measurement Initiative’s (HRMI’s) efforts to more fully integrate the 21 Pacific countries (excluding New Zealand and Australia) into HRMI’s economic and social rights (ESR) metrics. It also...

The degree of justiciability (as well as enforcement) of the socio-economic rights of the African Charter have always played second fiddle to that of the traditional civil and political rights. Over two decades after the coming into force of the Charter, the African Commission has received...