ABSTRACT
The African regional human rights mechanism is very important part of this work for its own reasons. First, that Africa as a region has had a colonial history1 brings it closer to the history of South Asia. This region has had a distinct history of community life and social norms considered as laws which is again a similarity between the aforementioned regions. Like all other human rights mechanisms the African system has also been inspired by the efforts of the United Nations.2 It is the youngest treaty-based human rights system. This regional system is the outcome of the efforts of the UN, the states of Africa and the Organisation of African Union (OAU) as we will see in this chapter.
