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Regional conventions – Kenya

When domestic institutions are themselves the violators or when they fail, it may be necessary to seek redress beyond national boundaries. The regional system is a supranational mechanism of redress, and, unlike the ‘higher’ level of the UN, the regional system also offers actual courts whose decisions are legally binding upon the State. There are only 3 regional systems, as Asia is regrettably still lacking one – posing a great challenge for civil society campaigners and public interest lawyers in the Asia region, as well as a very good case to fight for.

The African Charter on Human and People's Rights
Date of Ratification: 23.01.1992
Art. 2 & 17


The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
Date of Ratification: 25.07.2000

Art. 3, 4 & 11

The African Charter on Human and People’s Rights

Article 62
Each state party shall undertake to submit every two years, from the date the present charter comes into force, a report on the legislative or other measures taken, with a view to giving effect to the rights and freedoms recognised and guaranteed by the present charter.

                                               

The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare on the Child

Article 43: Reporting Procedure

1. Every State Party to the present Charter shall undertake to submit to the Committee through the Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity, reports on the measures they have adopted which give effect to the provisions of this Charter and on the progress made in the enjoyment of these rights:
a) within two years of the entry into force of the Charter for the State Party concerned: b) and thereafter, every three years.
2. Every report made under this Article shall:
a) contain sufficient information on the implementation of the present Charter to provide the Committee with comprehensive understanding of the implementation of the Charter in the relevant country; and
b) shall indicate factors and difficulties, if any, affecting the fulfilment of the obligations contained in the Charter.
3. A State Party which has submitted a comprehensive first report to the Committee need not, in its subsequent reports submitted in accordance with paragraph I (a) of this Article, repeat the basic information previously provided.

relevant country; and
b) shall indicate factors and difficulties, if any, affecting the fulfilment of the obligations contained in the Charter.
3. A State Party which has submitted a comprehensive first report to the Committee need not, in its subsequent reports submitted in accordance with paragraph I (a) of this Article, repeat the basic information previously provided.