African states are worst violators of human rights � Part 1

Of recent I have been visiting your country regularly, undertaking several and diverse missions as a servant of the law. My singular task is to set the context of your conference by giving an overview of the state of human rights in Africa.

It is a sad reality of our time that human rights, although codified in our Constitutions, and supplemented in many international and regional instruments our governments have ratified are honoured more in breach; our governments, including ourselves as individuals, have not fully embraced the humanity of every person, in our daily interaction with each other, even as we openly acknowledge that human rights accrue to all persons equally.