The African Human Rights System

Its Laws, Practice and Institutions
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-90-411-1731-1
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer

Buch, Englisch, Band 69, 480 Seiten, GB, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 253 mm, Gewicht: 862 g

Reihe: International Studies in Human Rights

This volume discusses, analyzes, and evaluates the two normative instruments of the African human rights system--the Charter of the Organization of the African Unity (OAU) and the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights--presenting an 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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nmehielle, Vincent O

Obisienunwo Orlu Nmehielle, Vincent

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword. Summary of Contents. Acknowledgments. Abbreviations. Legal Instruments and Documents. List of Cases. Introduction. 1. Background to Human Rights in Africa. 2. Normative Instruments of the African Human Rights System. 3. Institutional Structure of the African Human System. 4. Procedures of the African Commission. 5. Reforming the African Human Rights System. 6. The Protocol on the Establishment of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights. 7. Non-Governmental Human Rights Organizations and the African Human Rights System. Conclusions. Select Bibliography. Appendices. I: The Charter of the OAU. II: The Constitutive Act of the African Union. III: The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights. IV: The Rules of Procedure of the African Commission. V: The Protocol on the Establishment of an African Court for Human and Peoples' Rights. Index.