Cameroon
Article 30
Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to
engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms
set forth herein.
African Charter
on
Human and Peoples Rights
Preamble
The African states members of the organization of African unity parties to the present convention
entitled "African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights";
Recalling decision 115 (XVI) of the Assembly of Heads of States and Government at its Sixteenth
Ordinary Session held in Monrovia, Liberia, from 17 to 20 July 1979 on the preparation of "a
preliminary draft on an African Charter on Human and Peoples'
Rights providing inter alia for the establishment of bodies to promote and protect human and people's
rights ";
Reaffirming the pledge they solemnly made in Article 2 of the said Charter to eradicate all forms of
colonialism from Africa, to co-ordinate and intensify their co-operation and efforts to achieve a better
life for the peoples of Africa and to promote international co-operation, having due regard to the Charter
of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
Taking into consideration the virtues of their historian tradition and the values of African civilization
which should inspire and characterize their reflection on the concept of human and peoples' rights;
Recognizing on the one hand, that fundamental human rights stem from the attributes of human beings,
which justifies their international. protection and on the other hand, that the reality and respect of
peoples' rights should necessarily guarantee human rights;
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