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University of Hull
The Organisation of African Unity and the promotion and protection of human rights in Africa
Abstract
dc:description.abstractThe adoption of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (AFCHPR) on 17 June 1981 by the O. A. U. Assembly of Heads of States and Government is, singly, the most significant act in the field of Human Rights protection in Africa. The Charter entered into force on 21 October 1986. These developments have inspired the Commission of this thesis.The aim of this thesis is to examine the promotion and protection of human rights in Africa in three main areas, namely, historical/cultural perspectives, national and regional legal regimes for the promotion and protection of human rights in Africa.
Degree
thesis:*- Name dc:type.qualificationname
- PhD
- Level dc:type.qualificationlevel
- Doctoral
- Grantor dc:publisher.institution
- University of Hull
- Year dc:date.issued
- 1988
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Abdul-Razaq, Muhammad Alimi
- Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
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- Davidson, Scott, 1954-
Subjects
dc:subject × 3Rights
- Language dc:language
- en
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- oai:hull-repository.worktribe.com:4210295
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:hull-repository.worktribe.com:4210295