Transcription of African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights
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African Charter ON Human AND Peoples Rights . African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights Adopted in Nairobi June 27, 1981. Entered into Force October 21, 1986. Preamble pay a particular attention to the right to de- The African States members of the Organi- velopment and that civil and political Rights zation of African Unity, parties to the pre- cannot be dissociated from economic, social sent Convention entitled African Charter and cultural Rights in their conception as well on Human and Peoples ' Rights ; as universality and that the satisfaction of Recalling Decision 115 (XVI) of the As- economic, social and cultural Rights is a sembly of Heads of State and Government guarantee for the enjoyment of civil and at its Sixteenth Ordinary Session held in political Rights ;. Monrovia, Liberia, from 17 to 20 July 1979 Conscious of their duty to achieve the total on the preparation of a preliminary draft on liberation of Africa, the Peoples of which are an African Charter on Human and Peoples ' still struggling for their dignity and genuine Rights providing inter alia for the establish- independence and undertaking to eliminate ment of bodies to promote and protect hu- colonialism, neo-colonialism, apartheid, zi- man and Peoples ' Rights ; onism and to dismantle aggressive foreign Considering the Charter of the Organization military bases and all forms of discrimina
AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES RIGHTS 3 2. Every individual shall have the right to leave any country including his own, and to return to his country.
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