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Africa Policy Files on Democracy and Human Rights

This page provides links to a wide variety of sites and documents relevant to these themes. Use the quick-start for exploring resources on the web, or look at the documents selected for distribution by APIC. For more resources, go to our search page.

Quick-Start for Exploring Web Resources:
Democracy and Human Rights in Africa

These "quick-start" links include key web sites and pages we have found to be generally helpful in searching for web resources on democracy and human rights in Africa. They do not include sites focusing on only one country or region. For links to country-specific sites, see the regional pages elsewhere on this site:
Central Africa | East Africa | North Africa | Southern Africa | West Africa

For more comprehensive listings on these themes, see the "meta-sites" section below. If you wish to suggest a link for inclusion in this listing of key links, please send a message to links@africapolicy.org.

Governments, Elections and Participation

African Charter for Popular Participation http://www.africapolicy.org/african-initiatives/chartall.htm
African Governments on the Web: http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/africa.html
Association of African Election Authorities: http://www.ifes.org/afrassoc
ACE (Administration and Cost of Elections Project (UN): http://www.aceproject.org/main/english/sm/smc/default.htm
International IDEA (Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance): http://www.idea.int
Organization of African Unity: http://www.oau-oua.org
Women in Parliament: http://www.africapolicy.org/action/ipu.htm and http://www.idea.int/women/parl/toc.htm

Human Rights

African Rights: http://www.unimondo.org/AfricanRights
Afronet (Inter-African Network for Human Rights and Development: http://www.oneworld.org/afronet/afrohome.htm
Amnesty International: http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news/press/africa.shtml
Human Rights Watch: http://www.hrw.org
IFEX (International Freedom of Expression Exchange): http://www.ifex.org
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: http://www.unhchr.ch/search.htm
U.S. Department of State Reports: http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/hrp_reports_mainhp.html

Meta-Sites

Human Rights (Stanford): http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/hurights.html
Human Rights and Governance (Columbia): http://www.cc.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/area/Africa/IORights.html
Politics/Government (Stanford): http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/poli1.html

Documents distributed through the
Africa Policy Distribution List, 1999-2001,
on themes of Democracy and Human Rights.

Documents highlighted in red are original documents produced by APIC. Other documents are reposted from other original sources.

  • 011217 | Congo (Kinshasa): Disarmament
  • 011110 | Africa: Right to Health
  • 011106 | South Africa: Tutu on War and Poverty
  • 011031 | Sudan: Updates
  • 011026 | Nigeria: Massacre in Benue State
  • 011024 | Congo (Kinshasa): Peace Process Update
  • 011011 | Eritrea: Dissent at Issue
  • 011004 | East Africa: Refugee Update
  • 011004 | Central Africa: Refugee Update
  • 010922 | Zimbabwe: African Rights Letter
  • 010913 | Southern Africa: Regional Summit
  • 010906 | Africa: Racism Conference Update
  • 010906 | Africa Action: Durban Position Paper
  • 010904 | Rwanda: Bystanders to Genocide
  • 010731 | Africa: Racism Conference, 2
  • 010731 | Africa: Racism Conference, 1
  • 010726 | Burundi: Peace Steps
  • 010718 | Africa: OAU to African Union
  • 010710 | Africa Action / ECA: Roundtable Report
  • 010703 | Africa: AIDS Assembly Summary, 2
  • 010701 | Africa: Global Apartheid
  • 010629 | Western Sahara: UN Plan and Critique
  • 010626 | Africa: African Leaders on AIDS
  • 010623 | Africa Action: Africa's Right to Health
  • 010619 | South Africa: World Bank Bond Boycott
  • 010613 | Kenya: Political Rights
  • 010604 | Ghana: Water Privatization
  • 010524 | Congo (Kinshasa): Human Rights Watch Testimony
  • 010521 | Africa: Lines Drawn on Global AIDS Policy
  • 010516 | Ethiopia: Human Rights Alert
  • 010507 | Algeria: Human Rights Present and Past
  • 010425 | Congo (Kinshasa): Peace Update
  • 010418 | Southern Africa: SADC Update
  • 010405 | Africa: World Bank and Africa Policy
  • 010320 | Sudan: Policy Proposals, 2
  • 010320 | Sudan: Policy Proposals, 1
  • 010313 | Africa: Water Privatization
  • 010313 | Africa: Trade in Services Sign-on Letter
  • 010309 | Central Africa: Pipeline Project Monitoring
  • 010301 | Tanzania: World Bank Meeting, Demonstration
  • 010224 | Sierra Leone: Sexual Violence Report
  • 010208 | Tanzania: Zanzibar Political Repression
  • 010202 | Africa: Racism Declaration
  • 010129 | Sudan: Recent Documents
  • 010124 | Africa: Policy Outlook 2001
  • 010109 | Congo (Kinshasa): Crisisweb Update
  • 001213 | USA: Color of Election 2000
  • 001213 | USA: Bush and Africa, the Coming Apathy
  • 001124 | Mozambique: Journalist Assassinated
  • 001104 | Africa: Global Finance
  • 001019 | Ghana: Poverty, Democracy and the World Bank
  • 001016 | APIC/Africa Fund: Questions for Policymakers
  • 001014 | Africa: ECA Policy Lecture, 2
  • 001008 | Africa: Racism Conference
  • 001005 | Zimbabwe: Updates / Analysis
  • 000924 | Senegal: Diaspora Meeting
  • 000918 | Kenya: Human Rights Statements
  • 000908 | Africa: UN Peacekeeping
  • 000822 | USA: Nigeria Policy, Letters
  • 000821 | USA: Nigeria Policy, Statement
  • 000818 | Cote d'Ivoire: Political Developments
  • 000816 | Africa: Visible Hands
  • 000809 | Kenya: Uhuru Generation
  • 000731 | Angola: Updates
  • 000726 | Africa: Democracy on Internet
  • 000724 | Sudan: Kampala Declaration
  • 000607 | Africa: Beijing Conference
  • 000514 | Zimbabwe: Statements/Analysis, 2
  • 000514 | Zimbabwe: Statements/Analysis, 1
  • 000430 | Uganda: Referendum Monitoring
  • 000327 | Angola: Accountability and Peace Updates
  • 000323 | USA: Summit Documents, 5
  • 000323 | USA: Summit Documents, 4
  • 000314 | Zimbabwe: Recent Documents
  • 000308 | Nigeria: Obasanjo on Sharia Crisis
  • 000228 | USA: Summit Documents, 3
  • 000227 | USA: Summit Documents, 2
  • 000227 | USA: Summit Documents, 1
  • 000221 | Sudan: Harker Report
  • 000209 | Mozambique: Elections and Foreign Media
  • 000126 | Congo (Kinshasa): Security Council Debate
  • 000118 | Africa: Policy Outlook 2000
  • 991223 | Nigeria: Odi Massacre Statements
  • 991218 | Rwanda: UN Report
  • 991115 | Africa: Statements on Globalization
  • 991110 | Congo (Kinshasa): Recent Documents
  • 991024 | Angola: Press Freedom Alert
  • 991012 | Africa: African Renaissance
  • 991009 | Sudan: Oil and War
  • 990926 | Angola: HRW Report
  • 990921 | Egypt: Women's Organizations
  • 990902 | Central African Republic: Elections
  • 990714 | Zimbabwe: Women's Rights
  • 990714 | West Africa: Women's Rights
  • 990701 | Angola: Peace Statement
  • 990627 | Sierra Leone: Human Rights Documents
  • 990613 | Nigeria: Human Rights Letter
  • 990613 | Nigeria: Delta Crisis Reports
  • 990524 | Togo: Recent Documents
  • 990517 | Africa: Structural Adjustment and Rights
  • 990423 | Congo (Kinshasa): Human Rights Rapporteur
  • 990419 | Nigeria: Letter to Obasanjo
  • 990419 | Nigeria: Eizenstat Speech
  • 990415 | Algeria: HRW Report
  • 990411 | North Africa: Human Rights Conference
  • 990322 | USA: Africa Conference, Clinton Speech
  • 990315 | Southern Africa: Apartheid-Caused Debt
  • 990226 | Nigeria: The Price of Oil
  • 990223 | Africa: Economy and Debt
  • 990218 | Nigeria: Election Monitoring, 2
  • 990218 | Nigeria: Election Monitoring, 1
  • 990212 | Western Sahara: Background Brief
  • 990208 | Congo (Kinshasa): Civil Society Statement
  • 990126 | Africa: Policy Outlook 1999
  • 990119 | Sierra Leone: Humanitarian Crisis
  • 990114 | Africa: Women's Anti-War Coalition
  • 1998 Documents on Democracy and Human Rights

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