Peer-Reviewed Article March 31, 2006
BLAZING A TRAIL: THE AFRICAN PROTOCOL ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS COMES INTO FORCE
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Published in: Journal of African Law
Publisher: Cambridge University Press • South Africa • 0021-8553 • 0221-8553
Abstract
The entry into force of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, 2003 on 25 November, 2005, marked the culmination of years of lobbying for a document which would promote and protect the human rights of the continent's women by African women's rights advocates. This commentary provides a brief historical overview of the process leading up to the adoption of the Protocol by the African Union in Maputo in July 2003 before moving on to consider its substantive provisions.