Preface

Program of the ISISC

List of Participants

Seminar on the Protection of Human Rights in Criminal Justice Proceedings for African Jurists, Siracusa, 19-26 July, 1992. The Siracusa Declaration

United Nations Human Rights Instruments and Criminal Justice Norms and Standards / Adedokun A. Adeyemi

3

The African Regional System of Human Rights: Notes and Comments / Ibrahim Ali Badawi El-Sheikh

23

The Protection of Human Rights in Criminal Justice Proceedings for African Jurists / Patrick A. Chinamasa

39

Strategy and Policies for the Advancement of Human Rights in the Administration of Criminal Justice in Africa - An Outline / Femi Odekunle

51

The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights: Achievements and Prospects / Tewodros Yirgu

63

Police Training and Human Rights in Botswana / Kholisani Solo

73

The Poisoned Tree: Responses to Involuntary Confessions in Criminal Proceedings in Botswana, Uganda and Zambia / Daniel D. Ntanda Nsereko

83

Human Rights and Preventive Detention in the Interest of National Security: The Ghanaian Perspective / George E. K. Aikins

103

Human Rights Issues in the Criminal Justice System of Kenya and the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights: A Comparative Analysis / Kivutha Kibwana Kathurima M'Inoti

119

Human Rights and the Rule of Law in the Transformation of the Criminal Justice System in Kenya: The Challenge of the 1990s and Beyond / Shadrak B. O. Gutto

131

The Protection of Nigerian Citizens from Arbitrary Arrest / Oluyemisi A. Bamgbose

149

The Challenges of Nigerian Prisoners in the Light of the Human Rights Campaigns / T. O. Ifaturoti

159

Some Aspects of Human Rights and the Administration of Criminal Justice in Nigeria / M. A. Owoade

175

South African Prisons and the Standards of International Human Rights Law / Dirk van Zyl Smit

191

Legalistic Formalism V. Justice (or the Tragic Web of Legal Procedure in Which the Sharpeville Six Found Themselves Trapped) / Jerold Leonard Taitz

209

The Criminal Justice System of the Republic of Sudan / El Bushra Mohamed El Amin

227

Criminal Law as a Vehicle for the Protection of the Right to Personal Integrity, Dignity and Liberty of Women (in Respect of Offences of Rape, Defilement, and Indecent Assault): The Case of Tanzania Mainland / R. J. A. Mwaikasu

253

The Protection of Human Rights in the Criminal Justice Proceedings - The Tanzania Experience / James L. Mwalusanya

285

Human Rights in Criminal Justice Proceedings: The Zimbabwean Experience / A. R. Gubbay

307

Criminal Justice and Human Rights in Legal Education and Post-Professional Education in Botswana and Ghana / Kwame Frimpong

323

Street Law Education for South African School Children and the Protection of Human Rights in Criminal Justice Proceedings / D. J. McQuoid-Mason

331

Criminal Justice and Human Rights in Legal Education and Post-Professional Education / E. K. Quashigah

351

Criminal Justice and Human Rights in Judicial Education / M. L. Uwais S. Gutto

359

The Protection of Human Rights and Criminal Justice Proceedings for African Jurists / D. J. McQuoid-Mason

365

Transitions to Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Overview / Peter M. Manikas

371

1. Charter of the Organization of African Unity

405

2. African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights

414

3. OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa

430

4. Law of Lagos

438

5. Declaration on the Problem of Subversion

448

6. Principles Concerning Treatment of Refugees

450

7. Economic Commission for African Conference on African Jurists on African Legal Process and the Individual

456

8. Extracts from the Plans of Action Adopted by the OAU Special Economic Summit Held in Lagos, Nigeria (April 1980)

460

9. Recommendations of the Gaborone Seminar on Human Rights and Development in Africa

470

10. A.C.P./E.E.C. (Lome III) Convention (Excerpts)

473