Hayley Trim's Analysis: Breathing Life into the African Women's Rights Protocol

On Friday evening I had the privilege of attending a reception entitled Breathing Life into the African Women's Rights Protocol which was part of the International Association of Women Judges conference which took place in London last week sponsored by Jordan Publishing and Family Law.

The reception was a collaboration between Oxfam and The Lawyers' Circle and featured presentations by Lady Hale (President of the IAJW) and Caroline Muthoni Muriithi (Convener of the Solidarity for African Women's Rights Coalition - SOAWR) followed by lively discussion from distinguished international judges particularly from African nations.

Lady Hale confessed much to my relief that she had read the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (the protocol) only recently. I highly recommend a look at it http://www.soawr.org/en/auprotocol/article/text. She pointed out that it is a progressive document which addresses problems which...

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