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Regional Sensitization Workshop Around The Legal Frameworks on Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights in the African Continent

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 […]

NANHRI Opening Statement at the 41st Ordinary Session of the ACERWC 

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 […]

NANHRI opening statement at the 75th Ordinary Session of the ACHPR

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 […]

The Role of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in Advancing the 2023 Day of the African Child Theme on “The Rights of the Child in the Digital Environment”

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 […]

AUC-NANHRI Policy Forum 2023

Addis Ababa, 18 May 2023: The African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI) organized the AUC-NANHRI Policy Dialogue on the State of National Human Rights Institutions in Africa, from 15 to 17 May 2023 at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This marks the 6th […]

Joint Press Release

The Sixth African Union Commission (AUC) and Network of Africa NationalHuman Rights Institutions (NANHRIs) Policy Dialogue Addis Ababa, 18 May 2023: The African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with the Network ofAfrican National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI) organized the AUC-NANHRI Policy Dialogue on theState of National Human Rights Institutions in Africa, from 15 to 17 […]