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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"African Commission"”.
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Implementation of decisions by the African Court and African Commission on human and peoples' rights on indigenous peoples in Kenya
Despite the progressive decisions by the African Court and Commission on indigenous peoples in Kenya, their rights continue to be violated. Notably, Kenya has not implemented the Ogiek and Endorois decisions by the African Court and Commission respectively. This study looks at the follow-up …
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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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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 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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Improving the human rights accountability of multinational corporations in the oil and gas industry: a case study of Nigeria.
… Nigeria. It advocates the strengthening of the African Charter. This is because the current regulation models have not recorded significant successes in holding MNCs accountable in Africa and Nigeria specifically. The void created in the regulatory sector by the non-performance of government …
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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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Protection of economic, social, and cultural rights in Europe in the 21st century
… level and its features at the Inter-American and African regional levels”, consists of Chapter 1, devoted to the protection of economic, social, and cultural rights at the universal level; and it includes also Chapter 2 “The contribution of the Inter-American and African regional level in …
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The impact of culture on the right of women to participate in public affairs : a comparative analysis of Swazi and Buganda Kingdoms
"For a long time patriarchial African societies have denied women their rightful place in public life. There are certain cultural practices within these patriarchal societies, which impede the realisation of the human rights of women. Such cultural practices have impacted on the division of power …
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Vindicating indigenous peoples' land rights in Kenya
… debate, this thesis adopts the approach of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, which is based on identifying the key concerns faced by marginalised communities who self-identify as indigenous peoples. Such an approach assumes that it really does not matter which label attaches …
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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 …