#ACHPR

WACSI and AfricTivistes condemned the growing judicialisation of civic space in West Africa. They are calling on states to reform restrictive laws and on the Commission to enforce Resolution 667 against strategic lawsuits against public participation.

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"The State watches. Then it rewrites the law. Then it charges.”

At the 89th Session of the #achpr, SALC warned of growing threats to civic space across Africa, from surveillance and cybercrime laws to the misuse of treason charges.

Read the full statement: tinyurl.com/7n5s8uah
#AfricanCommission

#Dakar – 89e session ordinaire de la #CADHP.
Aux côtés de défenseurs africains des droits humains.
Malgré ses défis, la Commission reste un mécanisme essentiel pour la protection des droits sur le continent. Notre soutien est indispensable.
#CADHP #ACHPR #DroitsHumains #Burundi

💬 “Digital participation only fulfils its true potential when young people move from having their voices heard to becoming actors who shape decisions.” — Aisha Dabo, @AfricTivistes.

At the NGO Forum of the #ACHPR, she called for digital participation that genuinely influences public policy.

3/3 Together with the #RELE_CIDH, #IACHR and #ACHPR, we set clear principles: mass surveillance is incompatible with proportionality, and no government can invoke national security to silence civil society.
Declaration: mailchi.mp/86a932a8ac41...
#HumanRights #DemocracyDay

1/3 On #InternationalDemocracyDay, I led a Joint Statement with #RELE_CIDH, #IACHR, and the #ACHPR: securitization and surveillance are eroding the freedoms that sustain democracy. #HumanRights #DemocracyDay
Declaration: mailchi.mp/86a932a8ac41...