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Why are African countries undermining the rights bodies they created? 23 May 2021 Regional human rights bodies such as the African Court issue judgments that support fundamental freedoms. Often these decisions overrule rulings made by governments. The 68th Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) has just concluded. For civil society organisations, the commission provides an important forum where they can discuss human rights concerns and hold governments to account. The African Commission and the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights play a vital role in upholding fundamental freedoms; the court is the African Union’s continental human rights body, providing an alternative institution that citizens can turn to when they have exhausted all legal avenues in their country. ....
African Court’s landmark decisions ensure prosecution of crimes against journalists 12/03/2021 Share this article Part of a series of interviews with judges, prosecutors and legal experts from around the world in order to showcase good practices to #EndImpunity for crimes against journalists and #ProtectJournalists Despite these grim statistics, a series of landmark decisions by the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights directly contributed to strengthening freedom of expression and to fight impunity for crimes committed against journalists on the African continent. One of such landmark decisions occurred in 2015, when the African Court ordered the reopening of the investigation of Burkinabe investigative journalist Norbert Zongo, whose body was found badly burned in a car in 1998, along with the bodies of three colleagues. Zongo worked for I’Indépendant and was investigating the killing of the driver of a member of the President� ....