This article assesses the African Union's planning process regarding the development of the African Human Rights Action Plan (AHRAP) against the dominant or conventional “ideal” or model of human rights action planning. It examines the extent to which the AU's process followed or departed from the conventional model, the strengths and weaknesses of the AU human rights action planning process, and the lessons scholars and policymakers have learned about more effective and more locally responsive human rights action planning. In doing so, the article sequentially addresses the following specific themes: human rights action planning as a concept and its essential elements; the key characteristics and features of the conventional “ideal” human rights action planning process; and the extent to which the AU plan conformed to or departed from this conventional process, and its import. It also teases out some key insights and lessons learnt (in terms of strengths and weaknesses) in respect of the AHRAP planning process.

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评估非洲联盟 2016-19 年人权行动规划过程：拥抱传统“理想”并与之脱钩

本文评估了非洲联盟关于制定非洲人权行动计划 (AHRAP) 的规划过程，以对照主要或传统的“理想”或人权行动规划模型。它考察了非盟进程遵循或偏离传统模式的程度、非盟人权行动规划过程的优势和劣势，以及学者和政策制定者在更有效和更能适应当地的人权行动规划方面学到的经验教训。为此，本文依次讨论了以下具体主题：人权行动规划作为一个概念及其基本要素；传统“理想”人权行动规划过程的主要特征和特点；以及非盟计划在多大程度上符合或偏离了这一传统过程，以及它的重要性。它还梳理了有关 AHRAP 规划过程的一些关键见解和经验教训（在优势和劣势方面）。