1. The Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
... its favor. This body of world leaders compiled a document containing 30 articles defining basic human rights which we now know as ˜The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article 28 (civil and political rights) of the declaration states: ˜There shall be an established Human Rights Committee It shall consist of eighteen members and shall carry out the ... . This was a pioneering mechanism executed by the Africans for the Africans, designed to monitor economic growth, sustainable development and political governance. Although not all states participate in this mechanism it can assist i...
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