Human rights in Africa
Most of the violations can be attributed to political instability (as a consequence of civil war), racial discrimination, corruption, post-colonialism, economic scarcity, ignorance, illness, religious bigotry, debt and bad financial management, monopoly of power, lack/absence of judicial and press autonomy, and border conflicts.
"[3] These privileges and civil liberties are innate in every person without prejudice and where ethnicity, place of abode, gender, cultural origin, skin color, religious affiliation, or language including sexual orientation do not matter.
By upholding recognition of and advancing respect for human rights in all civilizations, it allows learners to dynamically contribute in putting together a sustainable and a non-violent future.
[6] According to Amnesty International, human rights education is a purposeful, participatory practice intended to empower people and communities by nurturing the love for knowledge, encourage the acquisition of skills, and development of attitudes and mindset aligned with globally accepted standards.
Such human rights education efforts are seen as both a political and an academic approach to assist democratic processes and achieve dynamic citizenship.
Significant improvements have been made toward the development of African women's rights and female political involvement at the international, national and local levels.
[9] However, African women have continuously been confronted with absurd challenges in the sphere of economics, in their social lives, and in their positions within the community, specifically when it comes to healthcare and education.
[11] The protocol provides for the legal ban on female genital mutilation as well as the consent to abortion in cases of rape, incest, sexual mauling, and the continued pregnancy that threatens the mental and physical health/life of the mother or the fetus.
[17] In Algeria, major human rights issues include unauthorized intrusion of privacy, establishment of laws barring specific of free expression, criminal defamation laws that are usually indistinct, restrictions on freedom of the press, freedom of assembly and association, corruption of government officials, lack or absence of independence and neutrality in the judiciary, gross domestic violence against women, prohibition of same sex activities, sexual abuse on LGBTI persons, and human trafficking.
Members of the security forces continue to persecute and torment detainees and hundreds of people have mysteriously disappeared with little or no accountability in the part of government officials for infringement of the law.
[21] Based on Amnesty International reports, forces allied to existing competing governments—in addition to the armed groups and private armies – continuously commit with grave callousness the desecration of global decrees and aggression towards human rights.
[22] In Mauritania, significant human rights concerns encompass laws restricting freedom of belie and stringent regulations carrying the death penalty.
Additionally, challenges include limitations on minority rights, severe violence against women, the prohibition of same-sex activities, sexual assault targeting the LGBT community, and instances of human trafficking.
Despite governmental efforts to investigate, prosecute and penalize officials involved in abuses, the intertwining of the military and religious sectors remains a hurdle, particularly when it comes to advocating for equality for minorities.
