https://africlaw.com/2026/05/31/does-the-achpr-really-get-it-human-rights-defenders-african-values-and-the-dangerous-drift-toward-normative-regression/AfricLawen2026-05-31T08:35:54+00:00Does the ACHPR Really Get It?! Human Rights Defenders, African Values, and the Dangerous Drift Toward Normative RegressionACHPR, African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, culture, apartheid, freedom of expression, human rights defenders, colonialism, Sovereignty, African values, civil society actors, civic space, protest rights, hostile environments, official panel discussion, anti-terror legislation, digital surveillance frameworks, restrictive NGO regulations, public-order laws, ACHPR’s Draft Declaration, Guidelines on Freedom of Association and Assembly in Africa, women human rights defenders, community primacy, respect for institutions, state security, moral health of society, authoritarianism, LGBTQ defenders