The African Union: legal and institutional framework : a manual on the pan-African organization / edited by Abdulqawi A. Yusuf and Fatsah Ouguergouz.
2015
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Title
The African Union: legal and institutional framework : a manual on the pan-African organization / edited by Abdulqawi A. Yusuf and Fatsah Ouguergouz.
Published
Dar es Salaam : Mkuki na Nyota, 2015.
Call Number
KQE721 .A37 2015
ISBN
9789987082360
998708236X
998708236X
Description
xvi, 576 pages ; 25 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)957259770
Summary
It is the goal of this volume to provide a comprehensive work which addresses the institution of the AU, its organs and structures, the scope of its operations, its legal framework and the normative standards underpinning its objectives and functions or those underlying the conventions, charters, and protocols it has enacted or inherited from its predecessor, the OAU. This was not conceived as a scholarly treatise, but as a manual to serve as a basic introduction to the institutional and legal framework of the AU and its affiliated organization. It is meant to offer a concise and clear picture of the nature and workings of a continental institution aimed not only at promoting peace and unity in Africa but also at ensuring human security, development, human rights protection and good governance for the peoples of Africa.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Editors and Contributing Authors
ix
Preface / Jean Ping
xiii
Introduction / Fatsah Ouguergouz
1
pt. I
From the Pan-Africanist Movement to the African Union
1.
Brief Historical Overview of Steps to African Unity / Mohammed Bedjaoui
9
2.
The Transition from the Organisation of African Unity to the African Union / Tiyanjana Maluwa
25
3.
The African Union: Principles and Purposes / Stephane Doumbe-Bille
53
pt. II
Structure and Organs of the African Union
4.
The Assembly, Executive Council and Commission / Joram M. Biswaro
79
5.
The Pan-African Parliament / Sani L. Mohamed
95
6.
The African Court of Justice and Human Rights / Fatsah Ouguergouz
119
7.
The Peace and Security Council / Roland Adjovi
143
8.
The Economic, Social and Cultural Council of the African Union / Mohamed S. Amr
159
pt. III
Economic Integration, Development and Good Governance
9.
The African Economic Community / Ousseni Illy
187
10.
The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) / Edward Kannyo
203
11.
The Regional Economic Communities / Stephen Karangizi
231
12.
The Prohibition of Unconstitutional Change of Government / Muna Ndulo
251
13.
The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance / Helene Tigroudja
275
14.
The African Convention on the Prevention and Combating of Corruption / Mpazi Sinjela
291
pt. IV
Peace and Security
15.
The Role of the Union in Conflict Prevention and Resolution / Mesmer L. Gueuyou
305
16.
The Right of Forcible Intervention in Certain Conflicts / Abdulqawi A. Yusuf
335
17.
Peacekeeping Operations: The Examples of Burundi and Sudan / Mutoy Mubiala
355
18.
The African Union's Relationship with the United Nations in the Maintenance of Peace and Security / Djacoba L. Tehindrazanarivelo
375
pt. V
Human Rights
19.
The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights / Michelo Hansungule
417
20.
The Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa / Rachel Mayanja
455
21.
The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child / Ummy A. Mwalimu
477
22.
The Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa / Osita C. Eze
495
APPENDICES
A.
Sirte Declaration (1999)
521
B.
Constitutive Act of the African Union (2000)
525
C.
Protocol on Amendments to the Constitutive Act of the African Union
543
D.
Links to the African Union Organs, Agencies and Instruments
549
Index
553