Event Update
NHRIs play a vital role to advance children's rights and ensure implementation of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child in Africa: the 40th Ordinary Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC)
The 40th ordinary session of ACERWC was the first time EHRC engaged formally with the Committee as one of only two African NHRIs with an affiliate status
Event Update
National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) key to the ratification and implementation of regional integration mechanisms in Africa: The 5th NHRIs Forum and the 73rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR)
EHRC presented its statement to the African Commission on situation of human rights in Ethiopia in the inter-session period (May – October 2022) and its statement on the activity reports of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa and the Chairperson of the Working Group on the Rights of Older Persons and People with Disabilities in Africa
Event Update
National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) are key to tackle Business and Human Rights issues in the African continent
National Action Plans (NAPs) on Business and Human Rights should be designed to articulate a state's priorities and actions to implement the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
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National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) key to ensuring promotion and protection of migrants’ rights: IGAD Working Group on Migration and Human Rights Meeting
The Working Group is an experience sharing platform that brings together National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in the Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD) member states