The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, adopted in 1986, underscores for many the tension between individual human rights and group or peoples' rights. In the relativist view, the sanctity of the extended family in Africa undermines the legitimacy of individual rights, viewed as a western import. Other human rights instruments too, such as the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), adopted by the General Assembly in 1993, privileges an independent, free woman.