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African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance 2007, para. 6
- Paragraph text
- State Parties shall institutionalize good economic and corporate governance through, inter alia: Equitable allocation of the nation’s wealth and natural resources;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2007
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2f
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall recognise the vested interest of young people in protecting the natural environment as the inheritors of the environment. In this regard, they shall: f) Initiate intensive actions to prevent the expansion of deserts.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Banjul Charter) 1981, para. 3
- Paragraph text
- The free disposal of wealth and natural resources shall be exercised without prejudice to the obligation of promoting international economic cooperation based on mutual respect, equitable exchange and the principles of international law.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Economic Rights
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1981
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2e
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall recognise the vested interest of young people in protecting the natural environment as the inheritors of the environment. In this regard, they shall: e) Develop realistic and flexible strategies for the regeneration of forests;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2b
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall recognise the vested interest of young people in protecting the natural environment as the inheritors of the environment. In this regard, they shall: b) Train youth in the use of technologies that protect and conserve the environment;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Banjul Charter) 1981, para. 5
- Paragraph text
- State Parties to the present Charter shall undertake to eliminate all forms of foreign exploitation particularly that practised by international monopolies so as to enable their peoples to fully benefit from the advantages derived from their national resources.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1981
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention) 2009, para. 3
- Paragraph text
- A State Party shall be liable to make reparation to internally displaced persons for damage when such a State Party refrains from protecting and assisting internally displaced persons in the event of natural disasters.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2009
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention) 2009, para. 3
- Paragraph text
- States parties shall carry out a socio-economic and environmental impact assessment of a proposed development project prior to undertaking such a project.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2009
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention) 2009, para. 4
- Paragraph text
- States Parties shall take measures to protect and assist persons who have been internally displaced due to natural or human made disasters, including climate change.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2009
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance 2007, para. undefined
- Paragraph text
- State Parties shall implement policies and strategies to protect the environment to achieve sustainable development for the benefit of the present and future generations. In this regard, State Parties are encouraged to accede to the relevant treaties and other international legal instruments.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- N.A.
- Year
- 2007
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 2003, para. c
- Paragraph text
- Women shall have the right to fully enjoy their right to sustainable development. In this connection, the States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to: c) promote women’s access to and control over productive resources such as land and guarantee their right to property;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2003
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 2003, para. 2e
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to: e) ensure that proper standards are followed for the storage, transportation and disposal of toxic waste.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2003
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 2003, para. 2d
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to: d) regulate the management, processing, storage and disposal of domestic waste;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2003
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 2003, para. 2c
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to: c) protect and enable the development of women’s indigenous knowledge systems;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Ethnic minorities
- Women
- Year
- 2003
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 2003, para. 2b
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to: b) promote research and investment in new and renewable energy sources and appropriate technologies, including information technologies and facilitate women's access to, and participation in their control;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2003
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 2003, para. 2a
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to: a) ensure greater participation of women in the planning, management and preservation of the environment and the sustainable use of natural resources at all levels;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2003
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 2003, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- 1. Women shall have the right to live in a healthy and sustainable environment.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2003
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2d
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall recognise the vested interest of young people in protecting the natural environment as the inheritors of the environment. In this regard, they shall: d) Facilitate youth participation in the design, implementation and evaluation of environmental policies including the conservation of African natural resources at local, national, regional and international levels;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2c
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall recognise the vested interest of young people in protecting the natural environment as the inheritors of the environment. In this regard, they shall: c) Support youth organisations in instituting programmes that encourage environmental preservation such as waste reduction, recycling and tree planting programmes;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
African Youth Charter 2006, para. 2a
- Paragraph text
- 2. States Parties shall recognise the vested interest of young people in protecting the natural environment as the inheritors of the environment. In this regard, they shall: a) Encourage the media, youth organisations, in partnership with national and international organisations, to produce, exchange and disseminate information on environmental preservation and best practices to protect the environment;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Person(s) affected
- Youth
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 2003, para. undefined
- Paragraph text
- NOTING that women's rights and women's essential role in development, have been reaffirmed in the United Nations Plans of Action on the Environment and Development in 1992, on Human Rights in 1993, on Population and Development in 1994 and on Social Development in 1995;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Women
- Year
- 2003
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 1990, para. 2b
- Paragraph text
- State Parties to the present Charter: shall take all necessary measures to trace and re-unite children with parents or relatives where separation is caused by internal and external displacement arising from armed conflicts or natural disasters.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Families
- Year
- 1990
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights “Protocol of San Salvador” 1988, para. 2
- Paragraph text
- 2. The States Parties shall promote the protection, preservation, and improvement of the environment.
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1988
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights “Protocol of San Salvador” 1988, para. 1
- Paragraph text
- 1. Everyone shall have the right to live in a healthy environment and to have access to basic public services.
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1988
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention) 2009, para. 5
- Paragraph text
- States Parties shall take all appropriate measures, whenever possible, to restore the lands of communities with special dependency and attachment to such lands upon the communities' return, reintegration, and reinsertion.
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2009
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention) 2009, para. 2j
- Paragraph text
- States Parties shall: j. Take necessary measures to safeguard against environmental degradation in areas where internally displaced persons are located, either within the jurisdiction of the State Parties, or in areas under their effective control;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2009
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention) 2009, para. 5
- Paragraph text
- States Parties shall endeavour to protect communities with special attachment to, and dependency, on land due to their particular culture and spiritual values from being displaced from such lands, except for compelling and overriding public interests;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2009
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention) 2009, para. 1i
- Paragraph text
- 1.States Parties undertake to respect and ensure respect for the present Convention. In particular, States Parties shall: Ensure the accountability of non-State actors involved in the exploration and exploitation of economic and natural resources leading to displacement;
- Body
- African Union
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2009
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights “Protocol of San Salvador” 1988, para. 2
- Paragraph text
- 2. The steps to be taken by the States Parties to this Protocol to ensure the full exercise of this right shall include those necessary for the conservation, development and dissemination of science, culture and art.
- Body
- Organization of American States
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 1988
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Banjul Charter) 1981, para. undefined
- Paragraph text
- All peoples shall have the right to a general satisfactory environment favourable to their development.
- Body
- Organization of African Unity
- Document type
- Regional treaty
- Topic(s)
- Environment
- Equality & Inclusion
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 1981
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph