www.achpr.org/instruments/women-protocol/
Concluded: 11 July 2003
In force: 25 November 2005
Article 1 Definitions 233
Article 2 Elimination of Discrimination Against Women 234
Article 3 Right to Dignity 234
Article 4 The Rights to Life, Integrity and Security of the Person 234
Article 5 Elimination of Harmful Practices 235
Article 6 Marriage 236
Article 7 Separation, Divorce and Annulment of Marriage 236
Article 8 Access to Justice and Equal Protection before the Law 236
Article 9 Right to Participation in the Political and Decision-Making Process 237
Article 10 Right to Peace 237
Article 11 Protection of Women in Armed Conflicts 237
Article 12 Right to Education and Training 238
Article 13 Economic and Social Welfare Rights 238
Article 14 Health and Reproductive Rights 239
Article 15 Right to Food Security 239
Article 16 Right to Adequate Housing 240
Article 17 Right to Positive Cultural Context 240
Article 18 Right to a Healthy and Sustainable Environment 240
Article 19 Right to Sustainable Development 240
Article 20 Widows’ Rights 240
Article 21 Right to Inheritance 241
Article 22 Special Protection of Elderly Women 241
Article 23 Special Protection of Women with Disabilities 241
Article 24 Special Protection of Women in Distress 241
Article 25 Remedies 241
Article 26 Implementation and Monitoring 242
Article 27 Interpretation 242
Article 28 Signature, Ratification and Accession 242
Article 29 Entry into Force 242
Article 30 Amendment and Revision 242
Article 31 Status of the Present Protocol 242
Article 32 Transitional Provisions 243
The States Parties to this Protocol,
Considering that Article 66 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights provides for special protocols or agreements, if necessary, to supplement the provisions of the African Charter, and that the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity meeting in its Thirty-first Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in June 1995, endorsed by resolution AHG/Res.240 (XXXI) the recommendation of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to elaborate a Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa;
Considering that Article 2 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights enshrines the principle of non-discrimination on the grounds of race, ethnic group, colour, sex, language, religion, political or any other opinion, national and social origin, fortune, birth or other status;
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