Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa
Resource type: Treaty body reports
Treaty report category: Maputo Protocol
Thematic areas: Gender equality and women’s empowerment, Human rights, Women's and girls' rights
Countries: Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia
Document language: English
SDGs:
Goal 5: Gender equality
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Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa

July 2003

The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, known as the Maputo Protocol was originally adopted by the Assembly of the African Union (AU) in Maputo, Mozambique on July 11, 2003. The Maputo Protocol was drafted by Africans for Africans. The Maputo Protocol speaks about the contextual realities of girls and women in Africa.