Protecting Minority Rights In African Countries

Author : John M. Mbaku
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786438614

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Protecting Minority Rights in African Countries by John M. Mbaku Pdf

In this enlightening book, John Mukum Mbaku analyses the main challenges of constitutional design and the construction of governance institutions in Africa today. He argues that the central issues are: providing each country with a constitutional order that is capable of successfully managing sectarian conflict and enhancing peaceful coexistence; protecting the rights of citizens - including those of minorities; minimizing the monopolization of political space by the majority (to the detriment of minorities); and, effectively preventing government impunity. Mbaku offers a comprehensive analysis of various approaches to the management of diversity, and shows how these approaches can inform Africa's struggle to promote peace and good governance. He explores in depth the existence of dysfunctional and anachronistic laws and institutions inherited from the colonial state, and the process through which laws and institutions are formulated or constructed, adopted, and amended. A close look at the constitutional experiences of the American Republic provides important lessons for constitutional design and constitutionalism in Africa. Additionally, comparative politics and comparative constitutional law also provide important lessons for the management of diversity in African countries. Mbaku recommends state reconstruction through constitutional design as a way for each African country to provide itself with laws and institutions that reflect the realities of each country, including the necessary mechanisms and tools for the protection of the rights of minorities.From students and scholars to NGOs, lawyers and policymakers, this unique and judicious book is an essential tool for all those seeking to understand and improve governance and development in Africa.

Author : Solomon Dersso
Publisher : PULP
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Indigenous peoples
ISBN : 9780981442020

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Perspectives on the Rights of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples in Africa by Solomon Dersso Pdf

Author : M. Raymond Izarali,Oliver Masakure,Bonny Ibhawoh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351398466

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Expanding Perspectives on Human Rights in Africa by M. Raymond Izarali,Oliver Masakure,Bonny Ibhawoh Pdf

This book draws attention to emerging issues around the rights of minorities, marginalized groups, and persons in Africa. It explores the gaps between human rights provisions and conditions, showing that although international human rights principles have been embraced in the continent, various minority groups and marginalized persons are denied such rights through criminalization and persecution. African countries have a good record of signing and ratifying international and regional rights instruments but the political will and capacity for enforcing these with respect to minorities remain weak. International contributors to the book provide new perspectives on the rights of marginalized and minority groups in different parts of Africa and the extent to which they are deprived or denied entitlement to the universality and equality articulated in law. The authors show that human rights, while having come of age as a moral ideal, has not been fully entrenched in practice towards groups such as children, indigenous populations, the mentally ill, persons with disabilities, and persons with albinism. This volume is geared toward scholars, students, human rights groups, policy makers, social workers, international organizations, and policy makers in the fields of criminology, security studies, development studies, political science, sociology, children studies, social psychology, international relations, postcolonial studies, and African Studies.

Author : United Nations,United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : MINN:31951D035326161

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Promoting and Protecting Minority Rights by United Nations,United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Pdf

"The present guide offers information related to norms and mechanisms developed to protect the rights of persons belonging to national, ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities. It includes detailed information about procedures and forums in which minority issues may be raised to minorities and by also covering selected specialized agencies and regional mechanisms, the present Guide complements information contained in Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme: A Handbook for Civil Society"--Introduction.

Author : Ivy Nyarango,John Osogo Ambani,Seth Muchuma Wekesa,Ella Scheepers,Ishtar Lakhani,Busisiwe Deyi,Esau Mandipa,Roopanand Amar Mahadew,Darsheenee Singh Raumnauth,Emerson Lopes,Lame Charmaine Olebile,Victor Oluwasina Ayeni,Azubike Chinwuba Onuora-Oguno,Michel Togue
Publisher : PULP
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-12
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9781920538606

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Protecting the human rights of sexual minorities in contemporary Africa by Ivy Nyarango,John Osogo Ambani,Seth Muchuma Wekesa,Ella Scheepers,Ishtar Lakhani,Busisiwe Deyi,Esau Mandipa,Roopanand Amar Mahadew,Darsheenee Singh Raumnauth,Emerson Lopes,Lame Charmaine Olebile,Victor Oluwasina Ayeni,Azubike Chinwuba Onuora-Oguno,Michel Togue Pdf

Author : Ibrahima Kane (lawyer.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131778784

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Protecting the Rights of Minorities in Africa by Ibrahima Kane (lawyer.) Pdf

Minority Rights Group International (MRG) is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) working to secure the rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities and indigenous peoples worldwide, and to promote cooperation and understanding between communities.

Author : Uyilawa Usuanlele,Bonny Ibhawoh
Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3319844474

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Minority Rights and the National Question in Nigeria by Uyilawa Usuanlele,Bonny Ibhawoh Pdf

Author : Li-Ann Thio
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789047414957

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Managing Babel: The International Legal Protection of Minorities in the Twentieth Century by Li-Ann Thio Pdf

Minority protection is integral to a civilised standard of internal good governance. The goal of promoting friendly inter-group relations within states highlights the linkages between constitutionalism and the extending reach of international law in shaping domestic governance and structuring relations between the state, non-state communities and individuals. While law per se cannot guarantee the security and integrity of minority groups, law and legal institutions play a role in promoting a tolerant and pluralistic environment and a multicultural ethos that appreciates, rather than resents, ethno-cultural diversity. This book is a comprehensive, modern study of the important field of international protection of minority rights, focusing on 20th century developments. Minority rights regimes, which address the issue of group identity and autonomy, have essentially been a stabilising force, buttressing state survivability in the face of claims to self-determination or secession. These serve to promote the peaceful co-existence of distinct ethno-cultural groups, captured by the metaphor of ‘Babel’, within existing states. Despite overlaps, the content of minority protection is more modest than the claim of indigenous groups for collective rights or peoples’ rights to self-determination. As part of the contemporary corpus of human rights norms, minority protection may be appreciated as an aspect of the evolving content of the ‘internal’ dimension of the right to self-determination. Chapter 1 introduces some key definitional and conceptual problems in the field of minority protection and presents a brief historical review of international approaches up to 1919. Chapter 2 discusses the League of Nations era. Chapter 3 examines approaches towards minority protection after World War Two as reflected in the drafting of the United Nations Charter and efforts to protect minorities outside the UN regime. In this period, discussed in Chapters 4 and 5, minorities' issues remained largely submerged within the UN project of promoting universal individual human rights. Chapter 6 addresses the post-1989 revival in minorities' issues within the UN; Chapter 7 offers a succinct overview of what might be considered a parallel history with respect to the development of regional human rights schemes and what these afford to minority protection, closing with concluding observations. Meticulously researched, this volume offers a valuable synthesis of this important but often heart-breaking field.

Author : Ugo Caruso,Rainer Hofmann
Publisher : Hotei Publishing
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004251564

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The United Nations Declaration on Minorities by Ugo Caruso,Rainer Hofmann Pdf

Created in order to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (1992-2012), this publication aims to offer readers a comprehensive review, written by a variety of scholars in the field, of the value and impact of the standards formulated in the Declaration. In so doing, it hopes to stimulate attention for and debate around the Declaration and its principles. The regional perspectives and case studies included further enable the identification of positive initiatives and good practices as well as persistent gaps in the implementation of the standards enshrined in the Declaration.

Author : United Nations. Economic and Social Council
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Ethnic relations
ISBN : UIUC:30112115664317

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Protection of Minorities by United Nations. Economic and Social Council Pdf

Author : Catherine Brölmann,René Lefeber,Marjoleine Zieck
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004641990

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Peoples and Minorities in International Law by Catherine Brölmann,René Lefeber,Marjoleine Zieck Pdf

The revival of group consciousness in Eastern European countries in the wake of the Cold War has put the protection of subnational groups high on the political agenda. The present book bears witness to the renewed interest in the legal position of subnational groups in international law. This book and the Conference, at which provisional versions of most of the contributions were presented, originate in perceived deficiencies of contemporary international law to protect subnational groups within a legal framework of which the principal subjects are states. Divided into three parts, the book commences with an analysis of the antagonistic relation between the right of peoples to self-determination and the right of states to territorial integrity, and the need to redefine these concepts in the post-Cold War era. The book continues with the highly controversial issue of the attribution of rights to subnational groups and the identification of subnational groups which would be entitled to such rights. The second part deals with the identification and protection of peoples and minorities at different levels of organization, viz. subnational, national and supranational. This part is followed by an analysis of the modes and means by which international obligations vis-à-vis subnational groups can be enforced. Not only the judicial means are considered, but also the justifiability of recourse to military means to the cause of subnational groups. This book not only provides an in-depth analysis of contemporary international law with respect to the protection of peoples and minorities, but also of the law as it is developing in the post-Cold War era.

Author : Michael Addaney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9462369461

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Women and Minority Rights Law in Africa by Michael Addaney Pdf

This book brings together contributions from emerging African and internationally recognized scholars in the field of international human rights law and policy in general and women and minority rights in particular. Its primary aim is to further the development of African scholarship and to reinforce the international discourse on women and minority rights in a time of rapid change. The book analyses the various challenges that impede the promotion, protection and realization of the rights of women, girls and other minority groups in Africa. It calls for the building of strong institutions as well as the involvement of both state and non-state actors in advancing and safeguarding the rights of women and minority groups in Africa through legal reforms and robust institutional mechanisms for the enforcement of relevant laws and policies. The book is of great interest to scholars, practitioners, students, government officials and women and minority rights organizations in Africa and beyond.

Author : Robert K. Hitchcock,Diana Vinding
Publisher : IWGIA
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 8791563089

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Indigenous Peoples' Rights in Southern Africa by Robert K. Hitchcock,Diana Vinding Pdf

This book is concerned with the first peoples (those people who are considered indigenous by themselves and others) of southern Africa such as the San, the Nama, and the Khoi, and their rights. Although living in democratic countries like Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Botswana --and in principle sharing the same rights and responsibilities as the rest of the population--practice shows that these peoples more often than not are at the margins of the societies in which they live; they often face extreme poverty, and they frequently are subjected to discriminatory treatment and exposed to all kinds of human rights abuses. Robert K. Hitchcock is professor of anthropology and geography at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA. He has done extensive research and development work in southern Africa in general and among San peoples in particular. Diana Vinding is an anthropologist working with the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) in Copenhagen.

Author : Jay A. Sigler
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1983-12-02
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015008296850

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Minority Rights by Jay A. Sigler Pdf

The unprecedented mass movement of populations since World War II has increased tensions among groups of people by breaking down the homogeneity of older countries and increasing the fragility of newly independent states encompassing several minorities within their borders. These changes, according to author Jay Sigler, dictate the necessity of clarifying human and minority rights. He highlights the main points of minority rights, traces their history, and demonstrates their distinctly modern features. Sigler considers the theoretical implications of minority versus individual and collective rights and examines the efforts in this area made by the United States, India, the United Kingdom, Belgium, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Finally, he proposes his own provisional theory of minority rights.

Author : Clive Baldwin,Chris Chapman,Zoë Gray
Publisher : Minority Rights Group
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2007-05-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781904584629

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Minority Rights: The Key to Conflict Prevention by Clive Baldwin,Chris Chapman,Zoë Gray Pdf

This report, Minority Rights: The Key to Conflict Prevention, cogently argues that an understanding of minority rights is essential for anyone dealing with conflict prevention and resolution. The report’s authors, Clive Baldwin, Chris Chapman and Zoë Gray, demonstrate the strong links between minority rights violations and the outbreak of major conflicts, drawing on research carried out in China, India, Iraq, Kosovo, Nicaragua, the Philippines and Sudan, among other states. MRG’s report shows how minority rights violations are often warning signs of an approaching conflict. This new report looks at five themes: minority identity, the ability of minorities to participate in political and economic life, land/property rights and justice issues. Using case studies and providing practical advice, the authors show why ignoring early warning signs in any of these areas could lead to a build up of tensions and ultimately, violent conflict. The international community’s record on minority rights and conflict prevention is examined and found wanting. The report concludes with a checklist and a series of recommendations aimed at international bodies working on conflict prevention and resolution.