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Author : Anton Bösl,Joseph Diescho
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Human rights
ISBN : 9991609563
Author : Albie Sachs
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015025244230
9. Rights to the land.
Author : Manisuli Ssenyonjo
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Page : 629 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004218147
The African human rights system has undergone some remarkable developments since the adoption of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights, the cornerstone of the African human rights system, in June 1981. The year2011 marked the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the African Charter. It also marked 25 years since the African Charter entered into force on 21 October 1986.This book aims to provide reflections on most of the major human rights issues in the past 30 years of the African human rights system in practice and discussion on the future: the African Charter s impact and contribution to the respect, protection and promotion of human rights in Africa; the contemporary challenges faced by the African Human rights system in responding adequately to the demands of rapidly evolving African societies; and how the African human rights system can be strengthened in the future to ensure that the human rights protected in the African Charter, as developed in the jurisprudence of the African Commission since the Commission was inaugurated in 1987, are realised in practice.The chapters in this volume bring together the work of 20 human rights scholars and practitioners, with expertise in human rights in Africa, under the following general themes: rights and duties in the African Charter; rights of the vulnerable under the African system; implementation mechanisms for human rights in Africa; and towards an effective African regional human rights system.
Author : Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780812201109
Some of the most massive and persistent violations of human rights occur in African nations. In Human Rights Under African Constitutions: Realizing the Promise for Ourselves, scholars from a wide range of fields present a sober, systematic assessment of the prospects for legal protection of human rights in Africa. In a series of detailed and highly contextual studies of Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, and Uganda, experts seek to balance the socioeconomic and political diversity of these nations while using the same theoretical framework of legal analysis for each case study. Standards for human rights protection can be realized only through direct and strong support from a nation's legal and political institutions. The contributors to this volume uniformly conclude that a well-informed and motivated citizenry is the most powerful force for creating the political will necessary to effect change at the national level. In addition to a critical evaluation of the current state of human rights protection in each of these African nations, the contributors outline existing national resources available for protecting human rights and provide recommendations for more effective and practical use of these resources.
Author : John C. Mubangizi
Publisher : Juta and Company Ltd
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Law
ISBN : 0702167304
The book provides useful information about international human rights norms and their relevance to South Africa. Considering the interplay between international and domestic human rights standards, it explains and explores how the South African Constitution protects human rights.
Author : Kiwinda Mbondenyi
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789966530028
Whilst the establishment of the African human rights system was a good gesture that signalled the recognition of the value and essence of international human rights in the continent, a continuous study of the system has become necessary. This is particularly in light of the fact that the continent is in desperate need of well established and effective regional human rights enforcement mechanisms. At the moment, the regional human rights system is stuck between prospects and pitfalls because of the gap that exists between the promise of human rights and their actual realisation. By all means, this trend needs to be reversed. The main objective and purpose of this book is to underscore the challenges besetting the effective enforcement of international human rights law in Africa and the prospects and promises of an effective regional human rights system.
Author : Issa G. Shivji
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781870784023
1 The dominant discourse
Author : Claude Emerson Welch
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0812217802
Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book for 1996 Since the 1950s, sub-Saharan Africa has been the site of profound political changes initiated by ascendant nationalism and rapid decolonization. With this new beginning came fresh challenges involving many crucial aspects of human rights: self-determination; civil and political rights, including government legitimacy; military involvement in African politics; and unfulfilled basic needs that have cried out for economic and social development. Protecting Human Rights in Africa is the first major comparative study of the way human rights NGOs have brought revolutionary change south of the Sahara. Governments are both the most important protectors and abusers of human rights, while NGOs have become the most effective detectives in discovering abuses and the most active advocates in seeking solutions.
Author : Michael Addaney,Ademola Oluborode Jegede
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783030465230
This book brings together original and novel perspectives on major developments in human rights law and the environment in Africa. Focusing on African Union law, the book explores the core concepts and principles, theory and practice, accountability mechanisms and key issues challenging human rights law in the era of global environmental change. It, thus, extend the frontier of understanding in this fundamental area by building on existing scholarship on African human rights law and the protection of the environment, divulging concerns on redressing environmental and human rights protection issues in the context of economic growth and sustainable development. It further offers unique insight into the development, domestication and implementation challenges relating to human rights law and environmental governance in Africa. This long overdue interdisciplinary exploration of human rights law and the environment from an African perspective will be an indispensable reference point for academics, policymakers, practitioners and advocates of international human rights and environmental law in particular and international law, environmental politics and philosophy, and African studies in general. It is clear that there is much to do, study and share on this timely subject in the African context.
Author : Brendalyn P. Ambrose
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1995-08-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015034915697
Chapter 2. Emerging Concepts
Author : Frans Viljoen
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 661 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199645589
Providing a comprehensive and analytical overview of human rights in Africa, this book deals particularly with the African regional system of human rights protection. Among the issues it explores are poverty, HIV AIDS, and the tension between international standards and national implementation.
Author : Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015011287847
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Author : John C. Mubangizi,Andreas O'Shea
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Human rights
ISBN : 0702199176
Author : ʻAbd Allāh Aḥmad Naʻīm,Francis Mading Deng
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:49015001175828
Part 2: Religious perspectives
Author : U. Oji Umozurike
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004636491
This book is an in-depth study of the African Charter of Human and Peoples' Rights, written with the insight of an insider. It assesses the effectiveness of the Charter and of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights in its formative years. It also compares the Charter with other major human rights instruments. The author asserts that respect for human rights made the existence of African societies possible despite the eras of gross violation. The survival of African societies, indeed their continued development, depends on respect for human rights. While conceding the universality of human rights, the author underscores African specificities and pecularities. He discusses the proper limits of `exclusively internal matters', as often claimed by African spokesmen, and puts forward the legitimate concerns of the international community as an effective check to arbitrariness and other violations. The book will be of special interest to international lawyers, law students, the judiciary and foreign office officials. The human rights activist will find it particularly useful in dealing with the African situation.