The African Commission, on 24th October 2022, launched the General Comment 7 on State Obligations under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights in the context of private provision of social services. This was during its 73rd Ordinary Session in Banjul, Gambia.
This General Comment is a resounding response to the growing and well documented human rights concerns that arose from the rapid commercialization of public services in Africa and around the world in the last decade. It is an outcome from years of ISER and civil society’s sustained advocacy with the African Commission to address the growth of private actors in sectors where States are meant to be the prime providers, such as education, water and healthcare.
