African Court Cases

Article 64

Population and development

1. Member States undertake to adopt, individually and collectively, national population policies and mechanisms and take all necessary measures in order to ensure a balance between demographic factors and socio economic development. 2. To this end, Member States agree to: (a) include population issues as central components in formulating and implementing national policies and programmes for accelerated and balanced socio economic development; (b) formulate national population policies and establish national population institutions; (c) undertake public sensitization on population matters, particularly among the target groups; and (d) collect, analyse and exchange information and data on population issues.
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