The African Human Rights System

Author : Manisuli Ssenyonjo
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Page : 629 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004218147

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The African Regional Human Rights System by Manisuli Ssenyonjo Pdf

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 : Obiora Chinedu Okafor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2007-05-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139463010

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The African Human Rights System, Activist Forces and International Institutions by Obiora Chinedu Okafor Pdf

This 2007 book draws from and builds upon many of the more traditional approaches to the study of international human rights institutions (IHIs), especially quasi-constructivism. The author reveals some of the ways in which many such domestic deployments of the African system have been brokered or facilitated by local activist forces, such as human rights NGOs, labour unions, women's groups, independent journalists, dissident politicians, and activist judges. In the end, the book exposes and reflects upon the inherent inability of the dominant compliance-focused model to adequately capture the range of other ways - apart from via state compliance - in which the domestic invocation of IHIs like the African system can contribute - albeit to a modest extent - to the pro-human rights alterations that can sometimes occur in the self-understandings, conceptions of interest or senses of appropriateness held within key domestic institutions within states.

Author : Kiwinda Mbondenyi
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789966530028

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International Human Rights and their Enforcement in Africa by Kiwinda Mbondenyi Pdf

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 : Vincent Obisienunwo Orlu Nmehielle
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2001-12-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9041117318

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The African Human Rights System by Vincent Obisienunwo Orlu Nmehielle Pdf

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Author : K. Kufuor
Publisher : Springer
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230106543

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The African Human Rights System by K. Kufuor Pdf

This book challenges the received scholarship on the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights. The author applies economic and social theory to understanding the African Commission's dynamic treaty interpretation and the Commission's strategic manipulation of the Rules of Procedure to strengthen the African human rights system.

Author : Vincent O. Nmehielle
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004481060

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The African Human Rights System by Vincent O. Nmehielle Pdf

This volume is a comprehensive treatment of the African human rights system in terms of the laws, practice, and institutions of the system. The volume discusses, analyzes, and evaluates normative instruments of the African system: the Charter of the Organization of the African Unity (OAU), and the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, presenting article-by-article analysis of its provisions and those of the Protocol on the Establishment of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights. Similarly the OAU (now the African Union), the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, and the proposed African Court on Human Rights, as institutions of the system, are discussed. The book emphasizes a comparative approach and presents a summary of the UN, the European and the Inter-American human rights mechanisms with regard to their impact on the African system. The role of NGOs in the African system is also considered, as well as the controversial issue of human rights in pre-colonial and colonial Africa.

Author : Christof Heyns,Morne van der Linde
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 903 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004532007

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International Human Rights Law in Africa by Christof Heyns,Morne van der Linde Pdf

The aim of this reference work is to make African human rights law accessible to all those involved in or interested in human rights law on the continent in order to strengthen its impact. Primary documents are introduced and reproduced and presented in a coherent framework. The main institutions - public and private - dealing with human rights in Africa are identified and discussed. Comprehensive overviews of the international human rights legal regimes applicable to Africa, as well as country reports are provided. This book tries to contribute towards documenting, systemising and anchoring the African human rights system. The print edition is available as a set of two volumes (9789004138810).

Author : Rachel Murray,Debra Long
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107054929

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The Implementation of the Findings of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights by Rachel Murray,Debra Long Pdf

By what process and mechanisms can the findings of the African Commission be implemented and that implementation monitored?

Author : Charles C. Jalloh,Kamari M. Clarke,Vincent O. Nmehielle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1199 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108422734

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The African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples' Rights in Context by Charles C. Jalloh,Kamari M. Clarke,Vincent O. Nmehielle Pdf

This volume analyses the prospects and challenges of the African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples' Rights in context. The book is for all readers interested in African institutions and contemporary global challenges of peace, security, human rights, and international law. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Author : Serges Djoyou Kamga
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-14
Category : Human rights
ISBN : 036759319X

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The Right to Development in the African Human Rights System by Serges Djoyou Kamga Pdf

The right to development (RTD) seeks to address global inequities hidden in world politics and global institutions through the game of influences played by powerful actors. This book examines how the African continent protects the right to development, examining the nature of the RTD and controversies surrounding it and how it is implemented. Th

Author : Christof Heyns,Morne van der Linde
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 875 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004531994

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International Human Rights Law in Africa & Domestic Human Rights Law in Africa by Christof Heyns,Morne van der Linde Pdf

The aim of this reference work is to make African human rights law accessible to all those involved in or interested in human rights law on the continent in order to strengthen its impact. Primary documents are introduced and reproduced and presented in a coherent framework. The main institutions - public and private - dealing with human rights in Africa are identified and discussed. Comprehensive overviews of the international human rights legal regimes applicable to Africa, as well as country reports are provided. This book tries to contribute towards documenting, systemising and anchoring the African human rights system. The print edition is available as a set of two volumes (9789004138810).

Author : Rachel Murray
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780192538581

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The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights by Rachel Murray Pdf

The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) is the principle regional human rights treaty for the African continent. Adopted in 1981, there is now a significant body of jurisprudence and interpretation by its African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights and the recently established African Court. This volume provides a comprehensive article-by-article legal analysis of the provisions of the Charter as it draws upon the documents adopted by the African Commission, including resolutions, case law, and concluding observations. Where relevant, case law adopted by the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, and that of other sub-regional courts and tribunals and domestic courts in Africa, are also incorporated. The book examines not only the substantive rights in the African Charter but also the work of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights and provides a full examination of its mandate. A critical analysis of each of the provisions of the ACHPR is led principally by the jurisprudence and documentation of the African Commission and African Court. The text also identifies the overall development of the ACHPR within the broader regional and international human rights legal arena.

Author : Frans Viljoen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123527835

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Judiciary Watch Report by Frans Viljoen Pdf

Author : Michael Addaney,Ademola Oluborode Jegede
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783030465230

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Human Rights and the Environment under African Union Law by Michael Addaney,Ademola Oluborode Jegede Pdf

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 : Anonim
Publisher : Pretoria University Law Press
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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A guide to the African human rights system: Celebrating 30 years since the entry into force of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights 1986 - 2017 by Anonim Pdf

A guide to the African human rights system: Celebrating 30 years since the entry into force of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights 1986 - 2017 Edited by Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria 2017 ISBN: 978-1-920538-70-5 Pages: 80 Print version: Available Electronic version: Free PDF available About the publication A Guide to the African human rights system has been conceived as an accessible and informative introduction to the human rights system established under the auspices of the African Union (AU). This Guide provides an overview of developments related to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, its supervisory body, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, as well as the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child and its supervisory body, the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. It is launched on 2 November 2017, commemorating the date, 30 years earlier, on which the African Commission was inaugurated. The Guide aims to both chart the most salient historical developments and provide an accessible introduction to the African human rights system, and is continuously revised. The Centre for Human Rights is both an academic department and a non-governmental organisation (NGO) accorded observer status with the African Commission. The Centre teaches academic programmes and engages in research, advocacy and training on human rights, with a specific focus on Africa. Its flagship programmes are the Master’s in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa and the African Human Rights Moot Court Competition. For more information on the Centre for Human Rights, visit www.chr.up.ac.za Table of Contents The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and further standards The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child List of abbreviations Bibliography