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African Court: Vagrancy Laws Incompatible with Human Rights

« on: December 08, 2020, 07:02:42 AM »

African Court: Vagrancy Laws Incompatible with Human Rights

Tobi Soniyi The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has held that countries in the continent are under obligation to repeal or amend their vagrancy laws to conform with the rights protected by the Charter, the Children’ Rights Charter and Women’s Rights Protocol. The court, while rendering an advisory opinion following a request by […]
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