Corporate Accountability for Human Rights Abuses A Guide for Victims and NGOs on Recourse Mechanisms

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  • The guide
    1. Corporate Accountability for Human Rights Abuses: Content of the Guide
    2. Intergovernmental Mechanisms
    3. Regional Mechanisms
    4. In Africa
      1. The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
      2. The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
      3. The Courts of Justice of the African Regional Economic Communities
      4. Additional Resources
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Additional Resources

On the African system of Human Rights protection:

  • African Union
    http://www.africa-union.org/
  • African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
    http://www.achpr.org/
  • Case law on the African Commission (ESCR-NET)
    http://www.escr-net.org/caselaw/
  • African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
    http://www.african-court.org/
  • Coalition for an Effective African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
    http://www.africancourtcoalition.org/
  • Information on the mechanisms in Africa for the protection of Human Rights:
    http://www.droitshumains.org/Biblio/Txt_Afr/HP_Afr.htm
  • FIDH, A Practical Guide: The African Court of Human and Peoples’Rights towards the African Court of Justice and Human Rights, May 2010
  • T. Braun, L. Muvagh, The African System: A Guide for Indigenous Peoples, Forest Peoples Programme, October 2008
    http://www.forestpeoples.org/documents/law_hr/african_hr_system_guide_oct08_eng.pdf
  • M. Evans, R. Murray, The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, Second Edition, 2008
  • African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights & Centre for Human Rights (University of Pretoria), Celebrating the African Charter at 30: A Guide to the African Human Rights System, available at:
    http://www.achpr.org/files/pages/about/african-hr-system-guide/human_rights_guide_en.pdf

On the courts of justice of the African regional economic communities:

  • ECOWAS
    http://www.comm.ecowas.int/
  • Tribunal of SADC
    http://www.sadc.int/tribunal/index.php
  • EACJ Court of Justice
    http://www.eac.int/eacj/
  • COMESA Court of Justice
    http://about.comesa.int/lang-fr/lnstitutions-du-comesa/cour-de-justice/
  • AMU Court of Justice
    http://www.maghrebarabe.org/fr/institutions.cfm
  • AICT (African International Courts and Tribunals)
    http://www.aict-ctia.org/
  • SAFLII (Southern African Legal Information Institute), Regional Courts of Justice
    http://www.saflii.org/
  • UNESCO, Claiming Human Rights: Guide to International Procedures Available in Cases of Human Rights Violations in Africa, Regional Economic Communities in Africa, Deutsche UNESCO-Kommission e.V., Bonn, et Commission française pour l’UNESCO, Paris,
    http://www.claiminghumanrights.org/african_recs.html
  • S. T. Ebobrah, “Litigating Human Rights before Sub-regional Courts in Africa: Prospects and Challenges”, African Journal of International and Comparative Law, vol. 17, 2009
  • OHCHR, Claiming Human Rights, Guide to International Procedures Available in Cases of Human Rights Violations in Africa, available at:
    http://www.claiminghumanrights.org/african_recs.html
  1. In Africa
  2. The Courts of Justice of the African Regional Economic Communities
  3. In America