The ''African Human Rights Law Reports'' is an annual
law journal
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published by JUTA Law on behalf of the
Centre for Human Rights
The Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria Faculty of Law, South Africa, is an organisation dedicated to promoting human rights on the continent of Africa. The centre, founded in 1986, promotes human rights through educational o ...
at the
University of Pretoria
The University of Pretoria ( af, Universiteit van Pretoria, nso, Yunibesithi ya Pretoria) is a multi-campus public university, public research university in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa. The university was ...
. It contains legal decisions of relevance to
human rights law
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in Africa. These include selected domestic decisions from the whole continent, as well as the decisions of the
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) is a quasi-judicial body tasked with promoting and protecting human rights and collective (peoples') rights throughout the African continent as well as interpreting the African Charter ...
and the
United Nations
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treaty bodies, dealing with
African countries
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. It is published in English and French and is indexed in the
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
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.
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Publications established in 2001
University of Pretoria
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