A Guide to Using the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa for Legal Action

The “Guide to Using the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa for Legal Action” was developed as a tool for lawyers, women rights defenders and public prosecutors. This corresponds with our objectives to domesticate and implement the Protocol. We looked at it from two angles: (1) encouraging member states to take practical steps to domesticate and implement the Protocol and (2) encouraging lawyers and women rights defenders to use the Protocol as a tool to defend women and girls whose human rights have been violated.

The tool offers step-by-step guidance for using the Protocol at local, national and regional levels. It explains what constitutes a violation in the context of the Protocol and how to bring these violations before domestic courts and regional mechanisms like the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. It provides case law that lawyers can reference on key cases related to women’s rights, ruled on by various Human Rights Treaties monitoring bodies including the African Commission.

- AWID

Files: 

Manual on Protocol on Women Rights in Africa_EN.pdf