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Showing 1 to 20 of 43 for “"African Charter"”.
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From Mainstream to East African Charter: East African Muslim Students’ Experiences in U.S. Schools
… to others. In this study, I explore how East African Muslim immigrant youth experience and become shaped by the environments of U.S. mainstream schools as compared to a charter high school designed by an East African community and intended specifically for East African students. Describing …
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Economic, social and cultural rights : general obligations in the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
… of American States. The Organisation of African Unity (now the African Union) was the late comer to the human rights project when it adopted the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Charter), the main human rights treaty of the African Union. The African Charter applies …
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The African Charter on democracy, elections and governance: A normative framework for analysing electoral democracy in Africa
This paper gave an insight into the novelties as well as the deficiencies of the provisions related to democratic elections and their implementation framework. It examined the potential effectiveness or otherwise of a binding treaty which is not yet enforced on the basis of past experience. In …
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Domestication of the protocol to the African Charter on the rights of women in Africa: the Nigerian religio-cultural perspective
… of the rights of women. The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (the Maputo Protocol) is one of such instruments. Its domestication in Nigeria is faced with stiff impediments from religious beliefs and cultural practices of the people, …
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Realising the effective enforcement of civil and political rights in Africa: an analysis of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights.
… and political rights, are prevalent in many African countries. In this thesis, the focus is on realising effective enforcement of civil and political rights, using the normative and institutional framework of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights to inform the understanding and …
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The promotion and protection of socio-economic rights under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights: prospects and challenges in South Africa and Nigeria
… protection of socio-economic rights under the African Charter. It also critically examines challenges to the realisation of socioeconomic rights under the Charter. Using South Africa and Nigeria as case studies in the implementation of socio-economic rights in Africa, the thesis examines how …
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The foundation of human rights according to Roman Catholic Church natural law in comparison with the UN Declaration of Human Rights and the African Charter
… the UN Declaration of human rights and the African Charter. However, the African Charter reflects the carbon copy of the UN Declaration and they both demonstrate that the origin of human rights is human dignity and the worth of the person.
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The protection of children in non- international armed conflict: Lessons from South Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo
… and protect children's rights, such as the African Charter on Rights and Welfare of Children (ACRWC) and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Charter). In essence, Africa’s instruments underscore and incorporate provisions of international instruments that carry binding …
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An analysis of the approaches of the African Commission to the socio-economic rights provisions of the African Charter : a comparative analysis with European and inter-American regional systems
… the realisation of socioeconomic rights by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights as compared with the European Commission and the Inter-American Commission. It examines the different approaches the Commission has adopted in interpreting the socioeconomic rights provision of the …
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The implementation of the socio-economic rights provisions of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights at the national level : a case study of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
… of the socio-economic rights provisions of the African Charter on Human and Peoples‘ Rights (ACHPR) at the national level, in a case study of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). These rights which comprise the right to property, the right to work, the right to health, the right to education and …
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An immanent critique of the African regional human rights system: Theory, practice and reforms
This thesis is an immanent critique of the African human rights system. It, therefore, examines the practice of human rights as set by the African people as opposed to purely external transcendental forms of critique. This is carried out by studying the theory of the African regional human rights …
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The Organisation of African Unity and the promotion and protection of human rights in Africa
The 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 …
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The African court: an ideal mechanism for the regional protection of human rights?
Proposals for an African Court of human rights date back to 1961, when the African Conference on the Rule of Law, which brought together judges, teachers of law and legal practitioners from 23 African states, invited governments to consider the adoption of an African convention on human rights and …
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The implementation of the right to education in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Nigeria
… Rights at the international level and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights at the regional level. Article 17(1) of the African Charter states that every individual has the right to education. But article 13 of ICESCR provides more detail, which encourages state parties to make …
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THE PROMOTION OF THE AFRICAN HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS SYSTEM IN THE GAMBIA, A CROSS CULTURAL & AFRICOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
… to examine the means and effectiveness of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, African human and Peoples' rights organizations, and the government of the Gambia in their efforts to propagate the institutions and legal instruments of the African Human and Peoples' Rights System …
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ANTROPOLOGIE DEI DIRITTI UMANI. PERCORSI AFRICANI.
… the second part, to the specific context of the «African system of human rights». This choice was dictated by the peculiarities which seem to distinguish it from others regional systems: amongst these features, the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights deserves a special place, considered …
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Freedom of expression under apartheid
… on Civil and Political Rights of 1966, the African Charter for Human and Peoples' Rights of 1981 and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of 1950.
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Participatory constitutional reforms vs. realization of equal representation of men and women in the parliaments: a study of Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania
… and Political Rights, 1966 and Article13 of the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights, 1986. In line with Articles 4 and 7 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, 1979, and Article 9 of the the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' …
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