A Commentary on the African Commission's General Comment on the Right to Freedom of Movement and Residence under Article 12(1) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights

Abstract In 2019, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights adopted General Comment No 5 Charter Rights: The Right to Freedom of Movement Residence (Article 12(1)). this general comment, commission elaborated right freedom movement residence within state borders. This issue, while explicit in international human rights law, is a challenge various jurisdictions, including Africa. article provides background commentary 5, leveraging insight authors, who participated its drafting. Unlike UN Committee's earlier detailed guidance internal dimension free residence. As “soft law”, persuasive force depends number factors, use at domestic level, visibility integration into regional jurisprudence.