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Human Rights and Governance in Africa

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 International Organizations

***For information on human rights in individual countries, see African Studies Resources by Region and Country: Select "Countries"


• Abantu for Development (London, UK ; via Femmes Africa Solidarité, Geneva, Switzerland & Dakar, Senegal)
  "... a non governmental development organisation founded in 1991 by African women ..." The web page contains contact information only ; Abantu has offices in London, Nairobi, and Kaduna, but there is no mention of specific projects or outcomes.
  
  
• African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights = Commission Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples (Banjul, The Gambia)
  The official site of the ACHPR --in English or in French-- offers current news, resolutions, and full-texts of key legal instruments, including: The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (1979). "Established on 21 October 1986 after its adoption in Nairobi in 1981 by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity (OAU)."
  
  
• African Elections Database (Albert C. Nunley, via Tripod.Com, USA)
  A compilation of electoral results by country; frequently updated, with results from the 1990s for some countries. Sources include various other election monitor websites; see links.
  
  
• African Human Rights Resource Center (University of Minnesota Human Rights Library,
  University of Minnesota School of Law, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota)
  This site provides access to the full texts of legal instruments for very basic human rights research and advocacy on the continent of Africa.
  
  
• African Human Security Initiative (Institute for Security Studies, Pretoria, South Africa)
  • "This [one-year] project is for a core network of seven established African NGOs to embark upon a process of benchmarking the performance of key African governments in respect of human security issues, measured against the commitments taken at the level at OAU/AU heads of state meetings."
  • African post-conflict reconstruction policy framework (June 2005) By NEPAD Secretariat, Governance, Peace and Security Programme. PDF format. See also: French version.
  • African commitments to human rights: a review of eight NEPAD countries. (2004) By Giliane Cherubin-Doumbia. Table of contents, plus full-text in PDF format
  • African commitments to democracy in theory and practice: a review of eight NEPAD countries. (2004) By Anne Hammerstad. Table of contents, plus full-text in PDF format
  • Human security in Africa: a conceptual framework for review. (2004) By Jakkie Cilliers. PDF format
  • Full list of papers, 2002-2005
  
  
• African International Courts and Tribunals (Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; New York University, New York)
  "This website [under construction] provides a centralized source for scholars, practitioners and laypersons working in or on the Continent and a reference to the work of these courts and tribunals for others studying the global phenomenon."
  
  
• African Law Association = Gesellschaft für afrikanisches Recht e.V. (Heidelberg, Germany ; via Universität Bayreuth)
  • Recht in Afrika = Law in Africa = Droit en Afrique: TOCs since 1998
  
  
• African Union = Union Africaine (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) Formerly the Organization of African Unity
  • African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) -- Press Releases and Documents, 2004 to present.
    
    
  • 8th AU Summit, January 22-30, 2007, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    
    
  • African Union Banjul Summit: 7th Session of Assembly of African Heads of State & Government, July 1-2, 2006 -- Banjul, The Gambia
    
    
  • 2nd African Union Meeting of Experts on the Revitalization of African Higher Education, 27-28 February 2006, Accra, Ghana (Reports, list of participants, etc.)
    
    
  • 6th AU Summit, January 11-24, 2006, Khartoum, Sudan
    
    
  • 5th AU Summit, June 28--July 5, 2005, Tripoli/Sirte, Libya
    
    
  • 4th African Union Summit, 24-31 January 2005, Abuja, Nigeria = 4ème Sommet de l'Union Africaine
    
    
  • Le mouvement panafricaniste du vingtième siècle, textes de référence, Dakar, du 7 au 9 octobre 2004. Edité par l'Organisation internationale de la francophonie. Conférence des Intellectuels d'Afrique et de la Diaspora, Dakar, Sénégal, octobre 2004. Format PDF
    
  • 3rd AU Summit, 6-8 July 2004, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    
    
  • African Union Summit, June 28 - July 10, 2002, Durban, South Africa (via The Government of South Africa, Pretoria)
    • This is the official English language web site for the OAU/AU Summit....inaugurating the new "African Union" and discussions on "Peace, Development and Prosperity: The African Century".
    • OAU Summit/Council of Ministers: Documents, July 1999--March 2001.
    
    
  • The Centre for Conflict Resolution Seminar: "Building an African Union for the 21st Century: Relations with Regional Economic Communities (RECs), NEPAD and Civil Society", 20-22 August 2005 (Cape Town, South Africa)
    A 66 page report in PDF format.
    
    
  • For other documents and a web site about the OAU, see below.
  
  
• Afrique XX1. (Online): revue des alternatives africaines. -- Paris, France: Afrique XX1, 2003-
  La version électronique d'un trimestriel français, avec une rubrique pour les actualités et un recueil des liens. "Afrique XX1 est une revue à but non lucratif réalisée par des bénévoles. Elle a pour objectif de se faire l'écho d'analyses, d'informations et d'initiatives d'organisations associatives et syndicales qui luttent afin d'obtenir une réelle alternative pour les peuples africains."
  
  
• Aide Transparence = Aid Transparency (Jacques Habib Sy et allii., Dakar, Sénégal)
  • Ce site -- en français ou en anglais -- offre une grande archive des contributions analytiques sur le développement en Afrique--surtout au Sénégal, une revue de presse, et un recueil des liens.
    << AT est une organisation non gouvernementale régionale basée à Dakar. Elle a été créé en réponse au besoin accru d'une meilleure gouvernance et d'une meilleure distribution de l'aide au développement... >>
  
  
• AMANI Forum--The Great Lakes Parliamentary Forum of Peace (Nairobi, Kenya)
  A regional organization of African parliamentarians which tries to monitor conflict resolution cases in the Eastern Africa and offer training, with national chapters in 7 countries. The site includes news and reports from workshops and meetings.
  
  
• Amnesty International on Africa -- News and Reports (New York and Washington, DC)
  
  
• ARTICLE 19 on Africa (The International Centre Against Censorship, London, UK)
  • "ARTICLE 19 is an international human rights organization which promotes freedom of expression and fights censorship all over the world. We take our name from Article 19 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights."
  • Article 19 publications on Africa (PDF format)
  
  
• Associations - O.N.G. Annuaire international africain via PlaneteAfrique.Com (Niamey, Niger)
  
  
• Centre Africain des Femmes dans les Médias = African Women's Media Center (Dakar, Sénégal)
  • Ce site est en français et en anglais. "Le CAFM fut crée grâce à un procédé efficace qui commença à la Conférence Régionale de la IWMF à Harare en 1993."
  • AWMC Directory: Répertoire des médias d'Afrique (en anglais)
  
  
• Centre for Democracy and Development = Centre pour la démocratie et le développement (2004) (London, UK ; Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria)
  The website offers news analysis on elections, constitutional development, and other political and social issues in Africa--especially West Africa, program information on training and advocacy, and annual reports and other publications.
  
  
• Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers (London, UK)
  • Regional and Country Reports -- Current and Archive (2003--)
    
    
  • "The Use of Children as Soldiers in Africa - A Country Analysis of Child Recruitment and Participation in Armed Conflict." (Online) -- Switzerland : The Coalition, August 1999. via ReliefWeb, UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
    • This report is a background document to the April 1999 conference in Mozambique hosted by the Mozambican government and organised jointly by the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers and the Save the Children Alliance.
    • Maputo Declaration (1999)
  
  
• Commission d'Enquête Citoyenne pour la vérité sur l'implication française dans le génocide: Rwanda 1994-2005 (Paris, France)
  • << Du 22 au 26 mars 2004, la CEC a examiné les documents, les témoignages, les avis d'experts qu'elle a réunis. L'implication de la France s'est révélée aller au-delà de ce que nous pensions. La CEC estime qu'elle n'aura pas fini ses travaux tant que toute cette affaire ne sera pas tirée au clair. >>
  • Les rapports de l'ONU, du Parlement français, du Sénat de Belgique, etc.
  • Bibliographie -- Rwanda 1994-2005
  
  
• Commission for Africa (London, UK)
  • "The Commission for Africa was launched by the British Prime Minister Tony Blair in February 2004...Five formal objectives were established to guide the Commission's work...to respond to positive changes taking place on the continent, such as the leadership shown by the AU and NEPAD...to generate new ideas and action; to support the best of existing work; to help deliver implementation of existing international commitments; to offer a fresh and positive perspective; to understand and help fulfil African aspirations..."
  • Commission for Africa Report, March 11, 2005 (PDF format)
  • See also: United Kingdom web sites for: The Commonwealth Secretariat ;
    Foreign & Commonwealth Office ; and, Department for International Development
    (via Columbia University Libraries)
  
  
• Committee to Protect Journalists -- Africa, 2000 to the present (New York)
  The site features current news, annual reports on cases of attacks on the press, and country summaries on over 20 African countries; also, includes 2004/2005 special reports for Côte d'Ivoire, Togo, and Democratic Republic of Congo.
  
  
• Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (New Delhi, India; London, UK; Accra, Ghana)
  • "The CHRI is a non-partisan independent international non-governmental organisation. Human rights education and advocacy are at the core of all CHRI's activities, and the aims and ends of its reports and investigations."
  • All Commonwealth Countries
  • Selected reports on: Cameroon | Ghana | Kenya | Nigeria | Sierra Leone | South Africa | Uganda
  
  
• Conciliation Resources (London, UK)
  • "[Founded in 1994, with offices in London and Sierra Leone] ...provides practical and sustained assistance to people and groups in areas of armed conflict or potential violence. We specifically work with those working at community or national levels to prevent violence or transform conflict into opportunities for development."
  • Peace Agreement Directory (with a searchable subject index)
  • Accord: an international review of peace initiatives. (Online) -- London, UK: Conciliation Resources, 1997-- HTML format (Each issue offers analyses on conflicts and peace processes in a single country.)
  • Uganda
  • West Africa
  
  
• Constitutions on the Internet
  • Constitution Finder: Search by Country (John Paul Jones et al., T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia)
  • International Constitutional Law -- Country Information (Axel Tschentsher, Universität Bern, Switzerland)
  
  
• Courrants de Femmes: Les Associations en Afrique de l'Ouest (Paris, France)
  Un répertoire des associations locales de promotion féminine: plus de 100 associations africaines partenaires.
  
  
• Cultural Survival on Africa (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
  "Promoting the rights, voices, and visions of indigenous peoples." The website features current and recent news reports and campaign documents on ethnic communities under threat, conflict situations over economic and environmental issues, or struggles of politically-marginalized cultural groups.
  
  
• Darfur Crisis in The Sudan (via Columbia University Libraries)
  
  
• Networking: Directory of African NGOs = Réseau d'interconnexions: annuaire des ONG africaines. 2nd ed. -- New York: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2003. HTML format. [Questionnaire in PDF format.]
  
  
• Droit de l'Homme et Dialogue Interculturel (Groupe de Travail DHDI, Université Paris I, France)
  Une archive de textes intégrals et de bibliographies sur un grand nombre de sujets dans le domaine du droit et l'anthropologie; beaucoup d'auteurs traitent des questions juridiques en Afrique...surtout en Afrique francophone.
  
  
• Réseau Sénégalais "Droit, Ethique, Santé" (via Refer; Dakar, Sénégal)
  • "[Le Réseau] a été créé pour promouvoir le droit et l'éthique dans le domaine de la santé. Il s'inscrit dans le contexte du développement du réseau 'Droit de la Santé', créé en juillet 2003 par l'Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF)..."
  • Publications et documents en ligne
  • Ressources documentaires
  • Sites utiles sur le Droit de la santé et l'éthique
  • Premières Journées de Bioéthique de Dakar pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre, du 11 au 13 juillet 2005
    L'introduction sur la thèmatique et le programme (en formats WORD et PDF).
    
    
  
  
• Economic Development, Education, and Environmental Affairs in Africa (Compiled by Columbia University Libraries)
  
  
• Electionworld -- Country Profiles (Wilfried Derksen, The Netherlands)
  
  
• Electoral Institute of Southern Africa (Johannesburg, South Africa)
  The website provides general information about research, findings, and publications. "EISA (with field offices in Angola, Burundi, Dem. Rep. of Congo, and Mozambique)...established in 1996 in South Africa ...Its mission is to strengthen electoral processes, good governance, human rights and democratic values through research, capacity building, advocacy and other targeted interventions."
  -- See especially: EISA country profiles (15 countries)
  
  
• European Union External Relations -- News and Reports (via Europa--European Union On-Line, Brussels, Belgium)
  
  
• Fédération Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme sur l'Afrique = International Federation for Human Rights on Africa (Paris, France)
  Les actualités sur les droits de l'homme et les appels urgents des organisations membres -- en français, en anglais, en arabe, ou en espagnol. "Créée en 1922, la FIDH fédère aujourd’hui 141 ligues dans près de 110 pays."
  
  
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Africa (Compiled by Columbia University Libraries)
  
  
• Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) (Nairobi, Kenya)
  • General information about FAWE and its activities, plus contact information for national chapters. "The Forum for African Women [FAWE] ... brings together African women ministers in charge of national education systems, women vice chancellors of universities and other senior women policy makers in education in Africa. Founded in 1992, and registered in Kenya as a pan-African NGO in 1993, FAWE has 56 full members drawn from 30 African countries, 25 associate members comprising male ministers of education and permanent secretaries ... to stimulate broad policy reform and create a conducive environment for increasing parental demand for girls' education."
  • FEMSA Project: Female Education in Mathematics and Science in Africa
  
  
• France. Assemblée Nationale: Reconnaissance de l'esclavage comme crime contre l'humanité (Loi no. 2001-434 du 21 mai 2001) (Paris)
  
  
• Freedom House: Freedom of the Press -- Search By Country (Washington, DC and New York)
  • Draft 2006 Freedom of the Press--Country Reports PDF format
  • Special report: Freedom in Africa today (2006) PDF format
  • Freedom House Home Page
  
  
• Gender and Women's Studies for Africa's Transformation (African Gender Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa)
  • "The project will strengthen African teaching and research in gender studies by bringing teachers and researchers based in African universities together in a series of carefully-designed training, research and publishing activities, involving a combination of online communications and workshops. ...This enhanced capacity will result in a pool of locally-grounded gender competent personnel equipped with the analytical and policy advocacy skills required to ensure the delivery of gender justice in African contexts."
  • Womens' organising activities: announcements, conferences, contact info, and links
  • Feminist knowledge: essays, bibliographies, policy papers, issues analysis, etc.
  
  
• Global IDP: Internal Displacement in Africa (See IDMC below)
  
  
• Global Rights: Africa Programs (Washington, DC)
  The website includes summaries of activities and downloadable reports from "a human rights advocacy group that partners with local activists to challenge injustice and amplify new voices within the global discourse."
  -- Burundi
  -- Democratic Republic of Congo
  -- Nigeria
  -- Sierra Leone
  
  
• Gouvernance en Afrique (Paris)
  Le site comprend un annuaire des alliés (la plupart des organisations-participants se sont basée aux pays francophones en Afrique de l'Ouest), toutes les informations sur les activités de l'alliance et leur réunions, et une archive des documents en français et quelques-uns qui sont en anglais. "L'Alliance pour refonder la gouvernance en Afrique relie des acteurs africains et non-africains engagés dans l'action et la réflexion, soucieux de promouvoir à la fois au niveau des citoyens africains et du monde, un dialogue sur la gestion des affaires publiques en Afrique."
  
  
• Health Information and Health Organizations on Africa (Compiled by Columbia University Libraries)
  
  
• Hirondelle Foundation = Fondation Hirondelle: Media for Peace and Human Dignity (Lausanne, Switzerland)
  This website offers information --in French, English, German, & Italian-- about the activities of an international media support organization and includes special reports and links to news agencies in so-called crisis areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, especially in the Great African Lakes region. "
  -- See for example: Hirondelle Agency Arusha: information, documentation and training agency covering Rwandan genocide trials, Arusha, Tanzania...in English, French, Kinyarwanda or Swahili
  
  
• Human Rights First -- International Justice (New York) formerly The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
  News, reports, and campaign statements on human rights violations in countries around the world. See especially: "Justice in...Africa" section.
  
  
• Human Rights Internet: For the Record--UN Human Rights System:  Africa, 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 (Human Rights Internet--HRI, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
  An archive of UN documents on human rights in English -- or  French. For other areas of the world, see the main site. See also, the United Nations Agencies on Africa and especially: UN Commission on Human Rights.
  
  
• Human Rights Watch on Africa (New York)
  Current and recent news of crisis situations, press releases, full-text investigative reports on individual countries and issues, and campaign statements.
  
  
• HURISEARCH (HURIDOCS -- Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems, International, Versoix, Switzerland; via Norway)
  A searchable database of web links to documents published on the Internet by human rights NGOs around the world. "[Established in 1982] The HURIDOCS network can be said to be composed of: general human rights activist organisations, local as well as regional; thematic and sectoral interest groups such as women, children's rights and refugee organisations; professional organisations; academic institutions; some government institutions; documentation centres of IGO bodies."
  
  
• Ibrahim Index of African Governance. Mo Ibrahim Foundation (Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
  This index is a governance ranking project covering the years 2000, 2002, and 2005. "The Ibrahim Index provides both a new definition of governance, as well as a comprehensive set of governance measures [for 48 countries of Sub-Saharan Africa]. Based on five categories of essential political goods, each country is assessed against 58 individual measures, capturing clear, objective outcomes: Safety and Security; Rule of Law, Transparency and Corruption; Participation and Human Rights; Sustainable Economic Development; Human Development."
  
  
• IFES on Sub-Saharan Africa and Middle East & North Africa (Washington, DC)
  The website of this consultancy organization includes reports on elections and other aspects of democratic participation and institution building; some regional program web pages also include reports and videos in French or Spanish. "Since our founding in 1987, IFES has worked with election assistance and democratic development in over 100 countries...Every IFES project team partners with local organizations, and every project is staffed by local personnel."
  
  
• Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa = Institut pour les droits humains et le développement en Afrique (Banjul, The Gambia)
  The website includes general information about the activities of the Institute and a few documents on the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. "The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa is a non-profit, non-governmental pan-African organisation headquartered in the Gambia. The Institute is committed to contributing to the development of the African human rights system through its programme activities.
  
  
• Institute for Security Studies, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • "The mission of the Institute for Security Studies is to enhance human security in Africa. This is achieved through applied research and the dissemination of information that can inform decisions on critical areas of individual, national, regional and international security. The Institute is committed to democracy, good governance and the promotion of common security. The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) was originally established as the Institute for Defence Policy by Dr. J. K. Cilliers, and Mr. P-B Mertz in 1990 ..."
  • ISS Home Page
  • ISS Publications: monographs, papers, and reports -- available online!
  • African security review. (Online) -- Pretoria, South Africa: Institute for Security Studies, 1992--
    Current online issues and archive. "The African Security Review is the ISS bi-monthly journal published in conjunction with the Instituto Superior de Relações Internacionais in Maputo, Mozambique. ... The Review was previously published as the African Defence Review (1994) and the Southern African Defence Review (1992-1993)."
  
  
• Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre on Africa Norwegian Refugee Council. (Geneva, Switzerland)
  • "...IDMC established in 1998 by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), is the leading international body monitoring conflict-induced internal displacement worldwide. At the request of the United Nations, the Geneva-based IDMC runs an online database providing comprehensive information and analysis on internal displacement in some 50 countries. Based on its monitoring and data collection activities, the Centre advocates for durable solutions to the plight of the internally displaced in line with international standards."
  
  
• International Committee of the Red Cross in Africa = Activités du CICR en Afrique (Geneva, Switzerland)
  This website offers general and individual country reports on ICRC humanitarian operations in Africa.
  
  
• International Court of Justice = Cour internationale de Justice (The Hague, The Netherlands)
  • The legal arguments, judgements, and discussion surrounding the cases before the court.
  • ICJ Home Page = CIJ Page d'accueil.
  • Bénin vs. Niger, 2003-
    Différend frontalier = Frontier Dispute, 2003-
  • Democratic Republic of Congo vs. Rwanda, 2002-
    Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (2002-)
  • Republic of Congo vs. France, 2002-
    Criminal Proceedings in France, 2002-
  • Republic of Guinea vs. Democratic Republic of Congo, 1999-
    Ahmadou Sadio Diallo case, 1999-
  • Cameroon v. Nigeria, 1994-
    -- Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria = "Frontière terrestre et maritime entre le Cameroun et le Nigéria."
    -- Dec. 1998 Application Request for an Interpretation on June 11, 1998 Judgement = Demande en interprétation de l'arrêt du 11 juin 1998
  • Botswana / Namibia, 1998- : Kasikili/Sedudu Island
  
  
• International Criminal Court (The Hague, The Netherlands)
  • "...The ICC is the first ever permanent international institution, with jurisdiction to prosecute individuals responsible for the most serious crimes of international concern : genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes."
  • ICC Home Page
  • Central African Republic
  • Darfur, Sudan
  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Uganda
  
  
• International Crisis Group on Africa (Washington, DC)
  "The ICG is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation, with over 110 staff members on five continents, working through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve deadly conflict. Crisis Group's approach is grounded in field research. Teams of political analysts are located within or close by countries at risk of outbreak, escalation or recurrence of violent conflict. Based on information and assessments from the field, Crisis Group produces regular analytical reports containing practical recommendations targeted at key international decision-takers."
  
  
• International Federation of Journalists = Fédération internationale des journalistes : Bureau régional pour l'Afrique (Dakar, Sénégal; Bruxelles, Belgique)
  La dernière mise à jour: décembre 2005. Le site --en français, en anglais, ou en portugais-- offre les actualités surtout sur la liberté de la presse en Afrique, quelques rapports des réunions du FIJ, et une liste des associations membres en Afrique.
  -- Pour les dernières nouvelles, voir aussi: FIJ Page d'accueil -- Afrique
  
  
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Africa = Fédération internationale des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge en Afrique (Geneva, Switzerland)
  The website provides information on Red Cross and Red Crescent humanitarian programmes in Africa.
  
  
• IFEX: International Freedom of Expression Exchange: Africa = Echange international de la liberté d'expression: Afrique (Toronto, Canada)
  [Since 1992] IFEX has provided this clearinghouse website of current news on press freedom and related matters; plus links.
  
  
• International Peace Institute on Africa (New York)
  • The IPI (formerly International Peace Academy) is an independent, non-partisan, international organization dedicated to promoting the peaceful settlement of armed conflicts between and within states."
  • IPI Home Page
  • IPA Publications (Newsletter, occasional papers, reports, etc.)
  
  
• International Refugee Rights Initiative (New York)
  IRRI, an advocacy NGO, maintains an international perspective, but the current focus is on Africa: Great Lakes, Darfur, etc. The site also includes a short directory of NGOs working on the problems of the displaced.
  
  
• Inter-Parliamentary Union = Union interparlementaire (Geneva, Switzerland)
  • Current and recent information on parliaments around the world, with news, event announcements and reports, web links, features on women, and databases.
  • The world of parliaments. (Online) Quarterly review -- Geneva, Switzerland: IPU, 1999-
  • PARLINE--Database on National Parliaments: a searchable directory of national assemblies and parliaments, with links to official web sites and recent documents.
  • PARLIT Database: bibliographic references on books and articles on parliamentary law and practice.
  
  
• Interpol -- Africa Activities (Lyon, France)
  General annual reports, legal materials, contacts, and African regional conference highlights (since 2001) are provided on this site. "Interpol is the world's largest international police organization with 181 member countries. ...established in 1923...receives, stores, analyses and circulates criminal data in co-operation with its member countries...deals only with international crimes; that is, crimes that involve two or more member countries."
  
  
• Journal of humanitarian assistance. (Online) -- Medford, Massachusetts: Alan Shawn Feinstein International Center, 1995-
  An online journal with a majority of articles on Africa in current and back issues. The old archive extends back to 1995.
  
  
• Jubilee Plus: Supporting Economic Justice Campaigns Worldwide formerly Jubilee 2000 Coalition. (Washington, DC, London, UK; Johannesburg, South Africa)
  • Jubilee USA Network Home Page (2005)
  
  
• Justice Africa (London, UK)
  The website features current news and analysis on crisis situations and key issues, program information, a small collection of online papers, information about books, and related links. "Justice Africa was founded in 1999 ...work with a network of organizations based in different countries in Africa, initiating and supporting civil society activities for human rights, democracy, and peace in Africa. As a result built a civil society partnership with the African Union [AU) and its emerging institutions and established a publishing and educational arm with the Pan African Development Education and Advocacy Program (PADEAP)."
  
  
• Kabissa - Space on the Internet for the African Non-Profit Sector (Washington, DC)
  • An extensive clearinghouse and website provider, with news reports on "social justice" from various online news services, opinions, and links to information about African NGOs, as well as general Africa links.
  • Pambazuka newsletter. (Online) -- Oxford, UK; Cape Town, South Africa: Pambazuka, 2000-
    Formerly Kabissa-Fahamu Newsletter: Current weekly issue and back issues since December 2000. "Pambazuka News is a free weekly electronic newsletter covering news, commentary and analysis, and a range of other resources on African human rights and sustainable development. Pambazuka News is produced by Fahamu, Kabissa and Sangonet. The newsletter includes links to news reports from various online news services and organizations, and a catalogue of back issues."
  
  
• Kalahari Peoples Fund (KPF) (Austin, Texas)
  The site offers a list of KPF projects and brief information concerning this non-profit organization (est. in 1973) for the benefit of the San and other rural peoples of the Kalahari desert region in southern Africa.
  
  
• Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (Accra, Ghana)
  Since 2003, the centre has been offering training programs and support for policy research and publications on peacekeeping and conflict resolution in Africa. See especially, research publications on "Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution."
  
  
• Libération Afrique -- Solidarité internationale et luttes sociales en Afrique subsaharienne (Paris, France)
  Un portail des actualités et des commentaires: << Le site souhaite donner la parole à celles et ceux qui, en Afrique et ailleurs, luttent aujourd'hui pour l'annulation de la dette, les libertés, l'émancipation des femmes, un nouvel ordre économique mondial, la protection de l'environnement, etc. >>
  
  
• LDGL: Ligue des Droits de la Personne dans la région des Grands Lacs africains (Bujumbura, Burundi)
  Un site pour tous les ONGs dans la région, avec les actualités et beaucoup de rapports sur la situation des droits humains et de sécurité depuis 2003 pour chaque pays.
  
  
• Live 8 Concerts -- The Long Walk to Justice, July 2-6, 2005
  
  
• Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International (Geneva, Switzerland)
  • MSF en République démocratique du Congo, 2006-
  • MSF au Tchad, auprés des déplacés de l'est, 2006-
  • Niger -- Juillet 2005
    Un recueil des rapports du terrain au Niger et sur la crise alimentaire.
  • MSF Projects in Africa
  
  
• Minorities at Risk Project: Tracking Ethnopolitical Conflict Worldwide (Center for International Development and Conflict Management, University of Maryland, College Park)
  Selected country profiles and minority ethnic group reports (with endnotes and regional bibliographies) which are periodically updated. Access to some project data may require registration. "Minorities at Risk is an independent, university-based research project that monitors and analyzes the status and conflicts of politically-active communal groups in countries with a population of at least 500,000." See also:
  -- Peace and Conflict 2005: A Global Survey of Armed Conflicts, Self-Determination Movements, and Democracy. By Monty G. Marshall and Ted Robert Gurr. -- College Park, MD; University of Maryland, Center for International Development and Conflict Management, 2005. PDF format.
  
  
• Minority Rights Group International (London, UK)
  News reports, summaries, and selected full text reports (downloadable in PDF format---with registration). In-depth reports for Africa: Dem. Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, "Great Lakes" region, Kenya, Namibia, and Uganda. "MRG works to secure the rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and indigenous peoples worldwide, and to promote cooperation and understanding between communities."
  
  
• Mouvement contre les armes légères en Afrique de l'Ouest (MALAO) (Dakar, Sénégal)
  "[MALAO] offre à la communauté des internautes et des artisans de paix un espace d’échange d’expériences, de partage de connaissances et d’acquisitions d’armes pour lutter contre celles dites légères et de petit calibre." Voir surtout:
  -- Documentation qui comprend une archive de rapports du MALAO, des autres ONGs, et des médias (en format PDF)
  -- Liens aux organismes et aux sites governementaux
  
  
• 'NEPAD: New Partnership for African Development', 'New African Initiative' & Related Documents, 2001-- (via United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
  
  
• OHADA.com: Le Portail du Droit des Affaires en Afrique (Centre d'affaire La Défense, Paris, France)
  Une archive de publications en français sur le droit en Afrique. Il faut s'incrire pour avoir accés aux textes intégrals et aux autres services du site.
  
  
• The Organization of African Unity (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) For more information, see the new "African Union" website above.
  • Actions taken by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the OAU, 1992- (via African Human Rights Resource Center, University of Minnesota, Human Rights Library)
    Includes a link to the University of Cincinnati-College of Law, DIANA Collections, with online documents from the early years of the OAU.
  • The "Creation of the OAU" Web Site (Makonnen Ketema, USA)
    An unofficial site offering a historical summary on the OAU, with many photographs -- based on interviews with and the personal papers of Ketema Yifru, who served as Foreign Minister of Ethiopia during the Haile Selassie years.
  
  
• Pambazuka news. (Online) -- Oxford, UK ; Cape Town, South Africa : Fahama, 2000-
  
  
  Formerly Kabissa-Fahamu Newsletter: Current weekly issue and back issues since December 2000. "Pambazuka News is a free weekly electronic newsletter covering news, commentary and analysis, and a range of other resources on African human rights and sustainable development. Pambazuka News is produced by Fahamu. The newsletter includes links to news reports from various online news services and organizations, and a catalogue of back issues."
  
  
• Partnership Africa Canada = Partenariat Afrique Canada (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
  • "PAC is a Canadian NGO working with African NGOs on issues of human rights, human security and sustainable development."
  • African Regional NGOs -- Links
  • Diamonds and Human Security
  
  
• RADDHO--Rencontre africaine pour la défense des Droits de l'Homme (Dakar, Sénégal)
  • << La RADDHO est une organisation non gouvernementale internationale ayant le statu consultatif spécial auprès du Conseil Economique et Social des Nations Unies, member observateur de la Commission Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples de l'Union Africain. >>
  • Communiqués de presse
  
  
• Survival International on Africa and other world regions (London, UK)
  A fund-raising and advocacy campaign website featuring cases from Botswana, Kenya, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Sudan, and Central Africa. "Survival is the only international organisation supporting tribal peoples worldwide. It was founded in 1969..."
  
  
• Third World Network Africa (Accra, Ghana)
  The site features news analysis, some downloadable reports, and related links. "TWN Africa is a Non Governmental Organisation which carries out Research and Advocacy on issues of social and economic policy that advances the needs and interests of peoples of African and other third world countries (especially marginalized social groups), a fair distribution of world's resources, and forms of development which are sustainable and fulfil human needs."
  
  
• Transparency International (Berlin, Germany)
  • "TI...international non-governmental organisation devoted to combating corruption, brings civil society, business, and governments together in a powerful global coalition. TI, through its International Secretariat and more than 85 independent national chapters around the world, works at both the national and international level to curb both the supply and demand of corruption."
  • Research and publications (General)
  • Corruption Surveys and Indices -- Tools (General)
  • "Local corruption diagnostics and measurement tools in Africa." (2004) By Anna Hakobyan & Marie Wolkers, February 2004. -- Bergen, Norway: U4 Utstein Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, produced for Transparency International, 2004. [Appendix: Overview Matrix] (PDF formats)
  • Combattre la corruption--enjeux et perspectives. Adapté du TI Source Book 2000, par les partenaires de Transparency International en Afrique. (Format PDF) -- Paris, France : Published for Transparency International by Karthala, 2002.
  • TI Source Book 2000 -- Confronting corruption: the elements of a national integrity system. By Jeremy Pope. -- Berlin, Germany: Transparency International, 2000. (HTML and PDF formats)
  
  
• United Nations Agencies on Africa (via Columbia University Libraries)
• The page provides annotated links to Africa-related information from:
  UNAIDS ; UNDP ; UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, including International Law Documents ; UNESCO ; UNICEF ; UNOCHA ; UN Peacekeeping ; etc.


• United States. Department of State. Human Rights Reports on Africa, 1993 to present (via Columbia University Libraries)
  
  
• United States NGOs, Research & Policy Institutes (via Columbia University Libraries)
  
  
• University of Kent: "Human rights and diplomacy in Africa: a critical perspective, 1993" (Kivutha Kibwana et al., Graduate School of International Relations, University of Kent at Canterbury, U.K.)
  A research report by Kivutha Kibwana (University of Nairobi, Kenya); K.A. Acheampong (National University of Lesotho); and, M. Mwagiru (University of Kent, Canterbury); with end notes.
  
  
• West African Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) (Accra, Ghana)
  The site --in English or in French-- includes recent news, policy reports (PDF format), and information on the organization's activities. "Work began in 1990 to establish a regional network of peacebuilding initiatives in West Africa. This arose as a result of the Liberia civil war, which necessitated the creation of a regional peace intervention force. Religious and civil society groups were mobilized to collectively participate in active peacebuilding."
  
  
• Witness: Human Rights Video Advocacy Web Site (Brooklyn, New York)
  General information about the "Witness" program, a video archive catalog, and multi-media, online feature stories which include some on the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, and Uganda.
  
  
• Women, Law and Development in Africa -- West Africa = Femmes, Droit et Développement en Afrique -- Afrique de l'Ouest (Lomé, Togo)
  "Created in 1990 [and headquartered in Harare], WiLDAF/FeDDAF...to promote and strengthen strategies that link law and development for the emergence of a culture for the exercise and respect of women’s rights in Africa. ...It brings together 500 organizations and 1200 individuals who, spread in 27 countries."
  
  
• World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance" -- Durban, South Africa, 31 August - 7 September 2001 (United Nations, New York)
  • This site features general information, documents, conference-related texts, press releases, etc.
  
  
• World Social Forum---International Council Documents (2001 to present)
  See also: World Social Forum (São Paulo, Brazil)
  The site features all information on this annual event, the programme, and related links to current and past events. The WSF 2007 was held in January in Kenya, WSF 2006 meetings were held in January in Mali/Pakistan/Venezuela...and WSF 2001 was in October/November in Senegal.