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INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW IN AFRICA 2E PAPER - Softcover

VILJOEN, Frans

 
9780199645596: INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW IN AFRICA 2E PAPER
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0199645590 ISBN 13: 9780199645596
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2012

Synopsis

This book provides a comprehensive and analytical overview of human rights law in Africa. It examines the institutions, norms, and processes for human rights realization provided for under the United Nations system, the African Union, and sub-regional economic communitites 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. These include the Pan African Parliament, the Peace and Security Council, the Economic, Social and Cultural Council and the African Peer Review Mechanism of the New Partnership for Africa's Development. This book discusses the links between these institutions. It further examines the case law stemming from Africa' most important human rights instrument, the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights, which entered into force on 21 October 1986. This new edition contains a new chapter on the African Children's Rights Committee as well as full coverage of new developments and instruments, such as the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Convention on Enforced Disappearances, and the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance.

Three cross-cutting themes are explored throughout the book: national implementation and enforcement of international human rights law; legal and other forms of integration; and the role of human rights in the eradication of poverty. The book also provides an introduction to the relevant human rights concepts.

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About the Author

Frans Viljoen is Professor of International Human Rights Law and Director of the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria in South Africa.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0199645590
ISBN 13 
9780199645596
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
662