The AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS 1981 (Banjul Charter) is distinctive for:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D.
1. The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (Banjul Charter) was adopted on 27 June 1981 by the Organisation of African Unity (now African Union) and entered into force on 21 October 1986.
2. DISTINCTIVE FEATURES:
3. (i) Combines CIVIL AND POLITICAL with ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL rights;
4. (ii) PEOPLES' RIGHTS — collective rights to self-determination (Art 20), to development (Art 22), to peace (Art 23), to a satisfactory environment (Art 24);
5. (iii) DUTIES of individuals to the community, family, State (Articles 27-29);
6. (iv) Strong African philosophy of communitarianism.
7. African Commission (Banjul, Gambia); African Court of Human and Peoples' Rights (Arusha, Tanzania); African Court of Justice and Human Rights (proposed merger).
8. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: International HR Treaties + Indian Constitutional Jurisprudence — African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights 1981 (Banjul Charter); African Union_
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