African States, preoccupied by decolonization and the consolidation of their newly-regained political and economic independence, took some time to adopt a specific regional instrument for the protection of human rights. The Charter of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), adopted on 25 March 1963 at Addis Ababa, made only a brief and limited reference to human rights as being one factor which should inspire their cooperation.1 However, human rights do not appear among the guiding principles of the OAU, nor in the policies which member States are bound to...
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