Chairperson, Africa Human Rights Day is an opportunity to take stock of the progress we have made since the adoption of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights in 1986. If we are honest with ourselves today in terms of the charter's guarantees of civil, political and socioeconomic rights, we must be sufficiently bold to admit that we have not done enough for the people of our continent.
But the ID believes that today we must also reflect on the poor treatment meted out in public to some of our continent's greatest sons and daughters by international bodies like the International Association of Athletics Federations, the IAAF. The ID would like to reiterate that until we stand united against racism, fellow Africans like Caster Semenya will continue to have their rights violated. I thank you.