African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance

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The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance is a key African Union treaty that promotes democratic principles, credible elections, human rights, and good governance across African states.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African Union treaty ⓘ
international treaty ⓘ
regional human rights instrument ⓘ
adoptedBy African Union ⓘ
African Union Assembly ⓘ
adoptionDate 2007-01-30 ⓘ
adoptionPlace Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ⓘ
linked to: Addis Ababa
aimsToPrevent unconstitutional changes of government ⓘ
appliesTo member states of the African Union that ratify it ⓘ
basedOn principles of the Constitutive Act of the African Union ⓘ
category African Union legal instrument ⓘ
treaty on democracy and governance ⓘ
depositary Chairperson of the African Union Commission ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn 2012-02-15 ⓘ
fullName African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
legalStatus binding on ratifying states ⓘ
monitoredBy African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights ⓘ
linked to: African Commission

African Union Commission ⓘ
African Union Peace and Security Council ⓘ
prohibits unconstitutional changes of government ⓘ
promotes constitutional order ⓘ
credible elections ⓘ
democracy ⓘ
good governance ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
political participation ⓘ
rule of law ⓘ
region Africa ⓘ
relatedTo African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights ⓘ
Lomé Declaration on Unconstitutional Changes of Government ⓘ
requires accountability of public officials ⓘ
combating corruption ⓘ
independent electoral management bodies ⓘ
participation of citizens in democratic processes ⓘ
promotion of gender equality in political life ⓘ
regular, free, fair and transparent elections ⓘ
respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
shortName ACDEG ⓘ
subjectMatter democratic principles ⓘ
election standards ⓘ
governance standards ⓘ
human rights protection in political processes ⓘ

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African Governance Architecture → basedOn → African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance ⓘ
African Governance Architecture → supportsInstrument → African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance ⓘ
Commissioner for Political Affairs → usesInstrument → African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance ⓘ
African Union institutional system → basedOn → African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance ⓘ
African Union law → relatedTo → African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance ⓘ
African Governance Architecture → supports → African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance ⓘ
subject linked to: AGA
African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance → fullName → African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance ⓘ
Lomé Declaration on Unconstitutional Changes of Government → inspired → African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance ⓘ
Lomé Declaration on Unconstitutional Changes of Government → followedBy → African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance ⓘ
African Union observer mission → usesStandard → African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance ⓘ