Regional systems 101 of treaties, conventions, protocols and charters of the Organization of African Unity and the African Union are available from www.au.int/en/treaties/status. Useful publications on the human rights system of the African Union include: I. Kane, Protecting the Rights of Minorities in Africa: A Guide for Human Rights Activists and Civil Society Organizations (Minority Rights Group International, 2008); M. Evans and R. Murray (eds.), The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights: The System in Practice 1986-2006, 2nd ed. (Cambridge, 2008); H. B. Jallow, The Law of the African (Banjul) Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Trafford, 2007); and K. O. Kufuor, The African Human Rights System: Origin and Evolution (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010).

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