The Kenyan Section of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ Kenya) has finalised a human rights and rule of law publication dubbed, “silver granules in stretches of sand: implementation of decisions of regional human rights treaty bodies in East Africa”
This publication focuses on the extent to which three East African countries – Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda – have implemented and complied with the decisions of the African Union regional human rights bodies, that is, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, and the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
It presents new evidence and analysis, including a comparison on how the three countries react to different AU human rights bodies or to diverse kinds of regional decisions. Many of the regional decisions discussed in this publication have not been fully implemented. For this reason, the record of implementation may seem like a long stretch of desert sand. However, this record contains a few instances of implementation and compliance. In a sense, the authors have been able to find silver granules in stretches of sand.
ICJ Kenya hereby invites submission of comments and views on the same on or before 17th July 2020 at 5.00 pm to Mr. Edigah Kavulavu through kavulavu.edigah@icj-kenya.org
The publication can be accessed on this link https://icj-kenya.org/e-library/publications/send/3-publications/319-silver-granules-in-stretches-of-sand-implementation-of-decisions-of-regional-human-rights-treaty-bodies-in-east-africa
ABDUL NOORMOHAMED,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
ICJ-KENYA
