Existing legal standards and practices regarding violence against women in three regional human rights systems and activities being undertaken by civil society regarding the normative gap in international human rights law 2015, para. 8
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The Organization of African Unity (OAU), which was replaced by the African Union in 2002, was established in 1963. The charter creating OAU made no reference to human rights, given that the main issue on the agenda was to end colonialism and assert the right to self-determination of African States. The creation of the African human rights system in 1981 led to the adoption of several human rights instruments and the setting up of monitoring mechanisms.
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Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences