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Sources of Law

The Court may apply the provisions of the Banjul Charter and any other relevant human rights instruments ratified by the States concerned.

The African system for the protection of human rights offers a large variety of legal instruments which are characterised by specific regional African values such as the prominence of socio-economic and collective rights. Click on the entries below to download the relevant documents and find a list of the member states to the individual instruments.

• African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights ("Banjul Charter") Click here to check membership
• African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child Click here to check membership
• Protocol to the African Charter on the Rights of Women. Click here to check membership
• AUO Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa Click here to check membership
• Convention for the Elimination of Mercenarism in Africa Click here to check membership
• African Union Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Click here to check membership
• Bamako Convention on the Ban of the Import of Hazardous Wastes into Africa Click here to check membership
• African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption Click here to check membership
• African Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Terrorism Click here to check membership
• African Union Non-Aggression and Common Defence Pact Click here to check membership
• African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance Click here to check membership