Among the findings from our Human Rights Law Implementation Project was that one of the impediments to the implementation of decisions by governments and state officials is the lack of awareness of the international and regional systems and lack of understanding of what is required to implement them.

These materials aim to address these gaps. A series of podcasts, powerpoints and guides are designed to:

• Provide detailed information to officials who may have little or no knowledge of the African human rights system
• Be easily accessible
• Can be accessed in your own time 

Please click on the links below:

Practical Guides:

• A Guide (PDF, 2,596kB) for African States on how to providing reparation for human rights cases.

Podcasts and interviews:

• A series of podcasts with practitioners on implementation of decisions
  
• Interview with Bafou Jeng (Office document, 14kB), Senior State Counsel and Coordinator of the Human and Child Rights Units of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of the Gambia, talking through how to draft a state report to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, participate in the oral examination and follow up the implementation of the concluding observations.

Powerpoints and relevant material:

• An overview of the African Human Rights System: The African Human Rights System (Office document, 121kB)
• How the African Court and African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child monitor implementation of their decisions: Implementation of the decisions and judgments of the African bodies (Office document, 174kB)

Webinars:

• A webinar held in collaboration with the Human Rights Centre at the University of Pretoria in April 2021 on Implementation Of Decisions And Judgments Of The African Commission And Court On Human And Peoples’ Rights And The African Committee On The Rights And Welfare Of The Child Taking Stock Of The Presentand Future Strategies