African Court Cases

Article 20

Civilian control over armed forces, the police and other security agencies, apolitical nature of the armed forces and police

1. The armed forces, the police and other security agencies shall be under the authority of legally constituted civilian authorities. 2. The civilian authorities shall respect the apolitical nature of the armed forces and police. All political or trade union activities and propaganda shall be forbidden in the barracks and within the armed forces.
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