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| A handbook for advocacy in the African human rights system. Advancing reproductive and sexual health | |
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International Programme on Reproductive and Sexual Health Law of the Faculty of Law/University of Toronto |
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Ipas Africa Regional Office |
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Nairobi |
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| Year of Publication |
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2006 |
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1-933095-03-2 |
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English |
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handbook, lawyers, NGO staff, advocacy, female genital mutilation/female genital cutting, gender equality, non-discrimination, reproductive health, right to health care, violence against women, women's human rights, African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, Draft Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights concerning the Rights of Women, African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, African Union (formerly Organisation of African Unity, OAU), Africa |
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This handbook is intended to familiarise advocates with the African human rights system and its treaty body, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and particularly how to promote and protect reproductive and sexual health. It offers (1) an overview of the context of reproductive and sexual health in Africa; (2) an introduction to the African regional human rights system; and (3) information on using the African Commission. The handbook also include background information on on the Commission’s casework relevant to advocacy in general and to reproductive and sexual health rights in particular and the basic human rights documents of the African human rights system and other interpretive documents. |
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http://www.ipas.org/Publications/asset_upload_file
413_3178.pdf  English
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