The 6th National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) Forum, held on October 18th and 19th, 2023, in Arusha, Tanzania, was a significant platform organized by the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI) in collaboration with the host NHRI being the Tanzania Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRAGG). The theme of the Sixth...Read More
NANHRI celebrates the achievement of its chair Advocate Joseph Whittal, who recently received the De Sanctis Award for Human Rights. This prestigious award recognizes the exemplary efforts and celebrates achievements of authoritative figures who have distinguished themselves in defending human rights. Advocate Whittal has been very instrumental in the protection and nd promotion of human...Read More
NANHRI commends the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) last week between the Cameroon Human Rights Commission (the CHRC) and the National institute of Statistics (the NIS) Cameroon after the In-country Capacity Building workshop (hereinafter the workshop) that took place from the 16th to 18th of August in Yaoundé. The workshop was convened under...Read More
Adopted during the Capacity Building Workshop organized by the Network ofAfrican National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI) for the Malawi HumanRights Commission (MHRC) and the Malawi National Statistical Office (NSO) onHarnessing a Human Rights Based Approach to Reporting on the 2030 Agendaand Agenda 2063 and the Malawi, 2063 Final-Lilongwe-Declaration-31-08-2023DownloadRead More
Adopted during the Capacity Building Workshop organized by the Network ofAfrican National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI) for Cameroon HumanRights Commission (CHRC) and The National Institute of Statistics (NIS) onHarnessing a Human Rights Based Approach to Reporting on the 2030 Agendaand Agenda 2063 and the National Development Strategy, 2030 The-Yaounde-Declaration-18-8-2023-002-1DownloadRead More
17TH – 18TH APRIL, 2023 NAIROBI – KENYA NANHRI organized a regional sensitization workshop in April 17th-18th around the legal frameworks on adolescent sexual reproductive health and rights in the African Continent. The objective of the workshop was to assist participants with the technical support to undertake national, regional and international level interventions to support...Read More
The 41st Ordinary Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights andWelfare of the Child (ACERWC) was held on 28 April-06 May 2023 in Maseru,Lesotho. The Session was attended by members of the Committee and otherstakeholders, including Representatives of children, Representatives of MemberStates, Representatives of the African Union Commission and AU Organs,Representatives of...Read More
The 75th Ordinary Session was held in a hybrid format from 3rd to 23rd May in Banjul- Gambia. 2023 deliberated on trending human rights issues especially matters arising from statements from various stakeholders on the human rights situation in Africa, its relationship and cooperation with National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) and Specialized Institutions, as well as...Read More
Written by Ms. Deborah Nyokabi, Program Officer Regional Mechanisms “The internet is a great information tool and can be a place where children learn, but we must remember that when children are online, they are in public.”-Mark Kennedy The Day of the African Child (DAC) celebrated annually on the 16th of June was instituted by...Read More
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