Author : Derrick M. Nault
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,2 MB
Release : 2021-01-17
Category : History
ISBN : 0198859627
Africa throughout its postcolonial history has been plagued by human rights abuses ranging from intolerance of political dissent to heinous crimes such as genocide. Yet this book argues that the continent has also been pivotal in helping shape contemporary human rights norms and practices.
Author : Christof Heyns
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 903 pages
File Size : 36,53 MB
Release : 2022-11-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 9004532005
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 : Abdullahi Ahmed An-naim
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 26,4 MB
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815715634
This powerful volume challenges the conventional view that the concept of human rights is peculiar to the West and, therefore, inherently alien to the non-Western traditions of third world countries. This book demonstrates that there is a contextual legitimacy for the concept of human rights. Virginia A. Leary and Jack Donnelly discuss the Western cultural origins of international human rights; David Little, Bassam Tibi, and Ann Elizabeth Mayer explore Christian and Islamic perspectives on human rights; Rhoda E. Howard, Claude E. Welch, Jr., and James C. N. Paul examine human rights in the context of the African nation-state; Kwasi Wiredu, James Silk, and Francis M. Deng offer African cultural perspectives; and Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im and Richard D. Schwartz discuss prospects for a cross-cultural approach to human rights.
Author : Magnus Killander
Publisher : PULP
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 37,8 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Human rights
ISBN : 0986985724
"African civil law countries are traditionally described as monist and common law countries as dualist. This book illustrates that the monism-dualism dichotomy is too simplistic, in particular in the field of human rights. Academics and practitioners from across the continent illustrate how domestic courts in Africa have engaged with international human rights law to interpret or fill gaps in national bills of rights. The authors also consider the challenges encountered in increasing the use of international human rights law by African domestic courts."--Back cover.
Author : Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 11,78 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780847674336
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Author : Kiwinda Mbondenyi
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 15,87 MB
Release : 2011-12-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9966530029
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 : 23,13 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1870784022
1 The dominant discourse
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Publisher :
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 34,70 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Civil rights
ISBN : 9780191807305
This title provides an overview of human rights law in Africa. It examines the institutions, norms, and processes for human rights realisation provided for under the United Nations system, the African Union, and sub-regional economic communities in Africa, and explores their relationship with the national legal systems of African states. Since the establishment of the African Union in 2001, there has been a proliferation of regional institutions that are relevant to human rights in Africa. This book discusses the links between these institutions.
Author : Dejo Olowu
Publisher : PULP
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 26,12 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Africa south of Sahara
ISBN : 0981412467
An integrative rights-based approach to human development in Africaby Dejo Olowu2009ISBN: 978-0-9814124-6-7Pages: x 322Print version: AvailableElectronic version: Free PDF available.
Author : Christof Heyns
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 875 pages
File Size : 19,83 MB
Release : 2022-11-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9004531998
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).
