Tanzania: AfCHPR, UN-OHCHR to Protect Human Rights

THE African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (AfCHPR) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN- OHCHR) have agreed to enhance collaboration and strengthen relations to promote and protect human rights in the continent.

The two organisations have expressed their willingness to support each other's work at the international and regional levels, through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the AfCHPR President, Justice Sylvain Oré and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Ms Michelle Bachelet on the sidelines of the African Union's at the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of African State and Government in Addis Ababa at the weekend.

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