African Court Cases

Article 27

Advancing political, economic and social governance

In order to advance political, economic and social governance, State Parties shall commit themselves to: 1. Strengthening the capacity of parliaments and legally recognised political parties to perform their core functions; 2. Fostering popular participation and partnership with civil society organizations; 3. Undertaking regular reforms of the legal and justice systems; 4. Improving public sector management; 5. Improving efficiency and effectiveness of public services and combating corruption; 6. Promoting the development of the private sector through, inter alia, enabling legislative and regulatory framework; 7. Development and utilisation of information and communication technologies; 8. Promoting freedom of expression, in particular freedom of the press and fostering a professional media; 9. Harnessing the democratic values of the traditional institutions; and 10. Preventing the spread and combating the impact of diseases such as Malaria, Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, Ebola fever, and Avian Flu.
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