Pan-African Parliament Signs MOU With ACHPR
In a historical move, the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the political and technical levels. The purpose of the present MoU is to provide a framework of cooperation and facilitate and strengthen collaboration between the Parties, on a non-exclusive basis, in areas of common interest. The Pan-African Parliament, represented by its President, Hon. Chief Fortune Z. Charumbira, and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, led by Hon. Remy Ngoy Lumbu, Chairperson of the Commission, have agreed to collaborate, cooperate and interact through initiatives and activities in the fields of human rights, good governance and democracy. As African Union institutions, the PAP and the ACHPR are vested with human rights promotion and protection mandate in accordance with the Constitutive Act of the African Union, the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and the Protocol...
