The African regional human rights system : 30 years after the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights / edited by Manisuli Ssenyonjo.
2012
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Title
The African regional human rights system : 30 years after the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights / edited by Manisuli Ssenyonjo.
Published
Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff publishers, 2012.
Call Number
KQC572 .A93 2012
ISBN
9789004218147 (hardback : alk. paper)
9004218149 (hardback : alk. paper)
9004218149 (hardback : alk. paper)
Description
xliv, 583 pages ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)760904892
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [559]-565) and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
ix
Foreword: The African Human Rights System: 30 Years after the Adoption of the ACHPR
xiii
List of Contributors
xix
List of African Court and African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights Cases
xxiii
List of African Union Instruments
xxxvii
List of Abbreviations
xxxix
List of Activity Reports of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights 1987-2010
xliii
pt. I
Introduction
1
ch. 1
An Introduction to the Development of the African Regional Human Rights System: 30 Years after the Adoption of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights / Manisuli Ssenyonjo
3
pt. II
Rights and Duties in the African Charter
27
ch. 2
Civil and Political Rights in the African Charter / Olufemi Amao
29
ch. 3
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the African Charter / Manisuli Ssenyonjo
55
ch. 4
Group Rights under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights: Concept, Praxis and Prospects / Obiora Okafor
101
ch. 5
Scope of Individual Duties in the African Charter / Kofi Quashigah
119
pt. III
Rights of the Vulnerable under the African System
135
ch. 6
Women's Human Rights in Africa / Rashida Manjoo
137
ch. 7
Children's Rights in Africa / Julia Sloth-Nielsen
155
ch. 8
Rights of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa / Jamil Ddamulira Mujuzi
177
ch. 9
Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Africa / George Mukundi Wachira
195
ch. 10
The Rights of Older Persons and Persons with Disabilities in Africa / Yeung Sik Yuen
213
pt. IV
Implementation Mechanisms for Human Rights in Africa
233
ch. 11
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights / Magnus Killander
235
ch. 12
The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child / Gina Bekker
249
ch. 13
From the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights to the African Court of Justice and Human Rights / Prof. Githu Muigai
265
ch. 14
Human Rights Realisation in the African Sub-Regional Institutions / Solomon T. Ebobrah
283
ch. 15
International Criminal Tribunals in Africa / George William Mugwanya
301
ch. 16
The International Criminal Court and Africa / Daniel David Ntanda Nsereko
337
ch. 17
The Protection of Women's Human Rights by Domestic Courts in Africa: A Perspective from Uganda / Manisuli Ssenyonjo
355
pt. V
Conclusion: Towards an Effective African Regional Human Rights System
399
ch. 18
Tentative Reflections on the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights / Ben Chigara
401
ch. 19
Institutional Mainstreaming and Rationalisation / Morris Kiwinda Mbondenyi
421
ch. 20
Strengthening the African Regional Human Rights System / Manisuli Ssenyonjo
455
Appendix 1
African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
481
Appendix 2
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
497
Appendix 3
Protocol to the African Charter on Human And Peoples' Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
513
Appendix 4
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa
521
Appendix 5
Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights
535
Appendix 6
List of Countries which have signed, ratified/acceded to the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights as at 6 August 2010
557
Selected Bibliography
559
Index
567