Legal Instruments
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In this section you can find International Decisions, Declarations, Principles and Conventions on the right to reparation for violations of international humanitarian law.
- 2017 | African Commission on Human and People’s Rights, General Comment no 4 on Article 5 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Right to Redress for Victims of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Punishment or Treatment)
- 2015 | Principles and Guidelines on Human and Peoples Rights while Countering Terrorism in Africa
- 2014 | ILA Procedural Principles for Reparation Mechanisms (Res 1/2014)
- 2014 | Malabo Protocol on Amendments to the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights (Malabo Protocol)
- 2012 | Decision establishing the principles and procedures to be applied to reparations.
- 2012 | ASEAN Human Rights Declaration, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, 19 November 2012
- 2012 | Committee Against Torture General Comment No. 3 on Implementation of article 14 of Convention Against Torture by States parties
- 2010 | Declaration of International Law Principles on Reparation for Victims of Armed Conflict (Substantive Issues) (Res. 2/2010)
- 2008 | Robben Island Guidelines for the Prohibition and Prevention of Torture in Africa - Practical Guide for Implementation, by Jean-Baptiste Niyizurugero and Patrick Lessène, for the Association of Prevention of Torture.
- 2008 | Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights with annex: The Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights
- 2007 | Chicago Principles on Post-Conflict Justice
- 2007 | Nairobi Declaration on Women’s and Girls’ Right to a Remedy and Reparation
- 2007 | Principles And Guidelines On Children Associated With Armed Forces Or Armed Groups (The ‘Paris Principles’)
- 2006 | International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CPED), 20 December 2006
- 2005 | Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law.
- 2005 | Principles on Housing and Property Restitution for Refugees and Displaced Persons, ECOSOC Commission on Human Rights, Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights.
- 2004 | Human Rights Committee General Comment No. 31 on The Nature of the General Legal Obligation Imposed on States Parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
- 2002 | ACHPR Robben Island Guidelines
- 1997 | Cape Town Principles and Best Practices.
- 1985 | Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture
- 1985 | Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power.
- 1969 | The American Convention on Human Rights
- 1966 | The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- 1949 | The Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols
- 1948 | The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- 1907 | The Hague Convention IV respecting the Laws and Customs of War and its annex: Regulations concerning the Laws and Customs of War on Land. The Hague, 18 October 1907.
